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STATE v. WILDER

748 A.2d 444 (2000)

2000 ME 32

STATE of Maine v. Lawrence WILDER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephanie Anderson, District Attorney, Julia Sheridan, Asst. Dist. Atty. (orally), Stephen Dassatti, Asst. Dist. Atty, Portland, for state.

Caroline Gardner (orally), Portland, for defendant.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, SAUFLEY, ALEXANDER, and CALKINS, JJ.

ALEXANDER, J.

[¶ 1] This appeal requires identification of the border between a parent's justified use of physical force to control a child and a criminal assault. Lawrence Wilder appeals from a decision of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Perkins, A.R.J.), which affirmed a judgment of the District Court (Portland, Bradley, J.) finding him guilty of three counts of assault, 17-A M.R.S.A. § 207...

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