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BROWN v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

No. 96-SP-1369.

727 A.2d 865 (1999)

Joyce BROWN, Appellant, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided April 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Goldblatt, Washington, DC, appointed by this court, with whom Mary L. Clark, Supervising Attorney and Lance R. Bremer, Student Counsel, for appellant.

Sidney R. Bixler, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with whom Jo Anne Robinson, Principal Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Robert R. Rigsby, Deputy Corporation Counsel, and Rosalyn Calbert Groce, Director, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, SCHWELB, Associate Judge, and BELSON, Senior Judge.

BELSON, Senior Judge:

Joyce Brown was convicted, after a bench trial, of nine counts of violating the Compulsory School Attendance Act, D.C.Code § 31-402 (1995). On appeal, Ms. Brown argues that the statute is unconstitutional under the void for vagueness doctrine, and that the trial court abused its discretion by refusing to authorize defense counsel to engage the services of an expert child psychologist at government expense. We reject appellant's constitutional...

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