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STATE v. WILCHINSKI

(SC 15598)

242 Conn. 211 (1997)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. JOSEPH WILCHINSKI

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released July 29, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert J. Santos, with whom were Hope C. Seeley and Patrick Bristol, for the appellant (defendant).

Judith Rossi, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were James E. Thomas, state's attorney, Cynthia Baer, supervisory assistant state's attorney, and Edward Wilson, former assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

Callahan, C. J., and Berdon, Norcott, Katz and McDonald, Js.

Opinion

KATZ, J.

This appeal concerns the constitutionality of General Statutes § 53a-217a,1 which provides that an owner of a firearm is criminally negligent if he violates the provisions of General Statutes § 29-37i2 and, as a result of that violation, a person under the age of sixteen years obtains the firearm and causes injury or death to himself or any other person. The defendant...

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