Court reverses conviction in school attendance case

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled there was insufficient evidence to support a Pemiscot County woman's conviction for failing to ensure her child regularly attended school and ordered her acquittal.

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