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DATE: THURSDAY, March 14, 1991                   TAG: 9103140512
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: RICHMOND                                LENGTH: Short

APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS NUDITY CONVICTION

A federal appeals court today upheld a woman's conviction for removing her bathing suit top while walking along the beach at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the woman, Jeanine Biocic, violated a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regulation that bans any "act of indecency" at the refuge in Accomack County. She had appealed her conviction and a $25 fine imposed by a federal magistrate. 


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