Legal Opinion
State v. Newstrom
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 19, 1985No. CO-83-1325PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WAHL, Justice.
In 1981, Jeanne Newstrom and her husband removed their two children from afternoon classes at public school and began teaching them at home during those hours. Jeanne Newstrom was subsequently charged and convicted, after a jury trial, of violating Minnesota’s compulsory school attendance law. Minn.Stat. § 120.12, subd. 3 (1984). A three-judge district court panel affirmed the conviction. We reverse.
Jeanne Newstrom is the mother of two school-age children, Katie and Dawn, both under 9 years of age at the time of the original criminal charge. She and her husband live with their…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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