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BLAKE v. COM.

Record No. 140081.

764 S.E.2d 105 (2014)

Maureen Anne BLAKE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

October 31, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexis M. Downing , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Kathleen B. Martin , Senior Assistant Attorney General ( Mark R. Herring , Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: All the Justices.

Opinion by Justice LEROY F. MILLETTE, JR.

In this appeal we consider whether Code § 22.1-254, requiring compulsory school attendance, can be used to prosecute parents or guardians whose children are tardy for school. For the reasons stated below, we conclude that it cannot.

I. Facts and Proceedings

Maureen Anne Blake was convicted by the Circuit Court of Loudoun County of three counts of a Class 3 misdemeanor under Code § 22.1-263, enforcing...

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