Miscellaneous

Hot for Truants

By Anne Skove, Esq.

As David Lee Roth once said, "I don't FEEL tardy!"

According to the Washington State Court of Appeals, it doesn't matter whether you feel like a truant or not, you are still entitled to counsel. Not only that, the right kicks in at the point of your first hearing. (We wonder whether it matters if you show up?)

See Wash. Court Rules that Truants Entitled to Lawyer, Tim Klass, AP (January 13, 2009).

p.s. It's not snowing *that* much, wake up!!!

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on January 13, 2009 (boomark / email).