People v. R.M. (In re R.M.)

*585This case would be almost comical if it were not so troubling. Some parents of unruly teenagers undoubtedly have fantasized at one time or another, when all else fails to get their teens out of bed and off to school, about having authorities press criminal charges. But in this case, what might be outlandish fantasy became reality.

R.M., a mouthy 17-year-old high school student with an abysmal school attendance record, was held to answer criminally for her truant ways. Standing in the parking lot of her high school campus one morning, where she had grudgingly been driven after initially…