A judge on Thursday heard arguments about whether a convicted guidance counselor’s appeal should be dismissed because of a failure to properly challenge the conviction.
) - signs of an inappropriate relationship between a student and a teacher at Faith Academy. As a guidance counselor at the school, she is considered a “mandatory reporter” who is required to report any possible child abuse to the Alabama Department of Human Resources.
“Our position is Ms. Meredith failed to timely perfect her appeal,” Assistant District Attorney Clay Rossi told Mobile County Presiding Circuit Judge Wesley Pipes during the hearing. Prosecutors urged the judge not to consider that because it amounted to potential criminal conduct by the clerk’s office employee – practicing law without a license.Pipes denied the prosecution request to strike the defense response. But he said he would not immediately decide the ultimate question of whether Meredith can move forward with her appeal.
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