State v. Payne

Decided 1997-05-06

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BERDON, J., dissenting. If we were writing on a clean slate, I would agree that “health,” as used in the first part; of General Statutes (Rev. to 1993) § 53-21, 1 includes mental health. It makes absolute common sense that the legislature intended to protect not only the physical, but also the mental, health of a child. Anything less would be simply absurd. Furthermore, a person of ordi< cit…

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