For Release: July 25, 2006
Contact: J. Tucker Martin or David Clementson
Email: jtmartin@oag.state.va.us or dclementson@oag.state.va.us
Phone: 804-786-2071
Statement of Attorney General Bob McDonnell on Filing of Amicus Brief in Abraham Cherrix Case
“This morning, I directed that an amicus brief be filed in the Circuit Court of Accomack County in the case of Abraham Cherrix. This amicus brief supports Abraham’s parents’ motion to delay the Juvenile Court-ordered chemotherapy treatment pending a new trial on his appeal in the Circuit Court.
“All citizens are entitled to the right to appeal a district court case, and to have their case heard anew in the circuit court. If Abraham were forced to undergo the ordered medical treatment, before his appeal is heard in the Circuit Court, his case would be moot and his due process rights infringed. I trust the Circuit Court will endorse these procedural protections for Abraham.”
