Legal Opinion
Clyburn v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 18, 1999No. 97-FM-693PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUIZ, Associate Judge:
Following a bench trial, appellant was convicted of thirteen counts of failing to have her child regularly attend school, in violation of the Compulsory School Attendance Act, D.C.Code § 31-402(a) (1993). On appeal, she argues that the evidence was insufficient to support the conviction because there was no proof that she had custody or control of her child at the time the violations occurred. Specifically, appellant contends that the trial court could not rely on hearsay school records which listed the same address for her and the child. We agree that the school records…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Davis v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- United States v. Joseph E. SmithCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- MacK v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
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