Categories
· Teen Smoking/Youth
· Secondhand Smoke
· Households
USA, by State
· Virginia
|
Jump to full article: AP, 2005-02-23
Intro: A Virginia woman has pleaded guilty to smoking -- after being ordered by a judge not to light up around her two children.
Tamara Silvius, 44, had faced 10 days in jail ordered by a domestic-court judge, who had held her in contempt last August.
She appealed the sentence to Caroline Circuit Court, where she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge Tuesday with no jail time, as part of a plea agreement.
Silvius called the smoking ban a violation of her rights and has appealed the ban to the Virginia Court of Appeals, which will hear arguments in the case next month.
Jump to full article » |