Ex Parte Hill

Our grant of the Petition for Writ of Certiorari is confined to the narrow "first impression" ground relating to the written notice requirement of the Alabama Compulsory School Attendance Act under which Defendants were charged, tried, and convicted. For a full and complete statement of the facts, see the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals, 381 So.2d 91 [1979].

Although the criminal statute under which Defendants were charged is § 12-15-13, Ala. Code 1975 ("causing the delinquency, dependency, or need of supervision of their 7-year-old son"), the underlying statute which Defendants are…