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By CINDY MAHAN
Rappahuiock Newt Staff Writer
Though Virginia law on media coverage in juvenile court will change on July 1, not much from that courtroom will ever show up in the Rappahannock News.
Briefly, the new law states that proceedings involving a juvenile 14 years or older who is charged with a felony will be open to the public. However, proceedings may .be closed for good cause, but those reasons would have to be made part of the public record. , i; *
Court records for a juv«Mle.oV«jr t* ' charged with a felony would also be opmvto the public, except for social, medical, pay* chiatric and psychological records.
During Peter Luke’s 12 years as the Commonwealth’s Attorney for Rappahannock County, he remembers only two cases which could have been covered by the new law going into effect. One case involved boys who broke into Baldwin’s
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