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STATE v. RIDDLE

No. 14910.

285 S.E.2d 359 (1981)

STATE of West Virginia v. Bobby E. RIDDLE and STATE of West Virginia v. Esther RIDDLE.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 11, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory R. Reed, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellant.

Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen. and S. Clark Woodroe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellee.

Gibbs & Craze Co. and David C. Gibbs, Jr., Parma Heights, Ohio, amicus curiae for Christian Law Ass'n.

NEELY, Justice:

This is a test-case criminal appeal from a conviction of appellants in the Circuit Court of Harrison County for failure to obey the Compulsory School Attendance Law, W.Va. Code, 18-8-1 [1951] and from fines of ten dollars ($10) each.

On an information given by Florence Hunt, School Attendance Officer, appellants were arrested for failing to send their two children to the public schools. Trial before Magistrate Geraldine Floyd resulted...

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