STATE v. NATHAN J.

No. 26194.

915 A.2d 907 (2007)

99 Conn.App. 713

STATE of Connecticut v. NATHAN J.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decided February 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Condon, Jr., assistant public defender, for the appellant (defendant).

Toni M. Smith-Rosario, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Jonathan C. Benedict, state's attorney, and Judy Ann Stevens, senior assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

McLACHLAN, LAVINE and WEST, Js.


WEST, J.

The defendant, Nathan J., appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21(a)(1).2 On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court improperly instructed the jury that the justification defense of reasonable physical force by a parent for the purpose of maintaining discipline, as provided by General Statutes § 53a-18(1),

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