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STATE v. DEFRANCESCO

(14971)

235 Conn. 426 (1995)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. SUSAN DEFRANCESCO

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released November 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. Fischer, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Mary M. Galvin, state's attorney, and Gerard Esposito, assistant state's attorney, for the appellant-appellee (state).

Michael J. Graham, for the appellee-appellant (defendant).

Gurrie A. Fandozzi, Jr., filed a brief for the International Bengal Cat Society as amicus curiae.

Callahan, Borden, Norcott, Katz and Palmer, Js.

KATZ, J.

The dispositive issues in this appeal and cross appeal are: (1) whether the list of prohibited felidae in General Statutes § 26-40a1 is exclusive; and (2) whether § 26-40a is unconstitutionally vague as applied to the facts of this case. We conclude that the list of felidae is not exclusive and that the statute is not unconstitutionally vague.

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