Legal Opinion
State v. Pickering
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 4, 1980PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCotter, C. J.
The issue presented to us on this appeal is whether General Statutes § 53-21 as applied to the facts of this ease is so vague and indefinite as to violate the due process provisions of article first, § 8 of the state constitution and the fourteenth amendment of the federal constitution. The constitutionality of this statute has not been raised before in this court. As it pertains to this appeal the statute provides: “Any person who. . . does any act likely to impair the . . . morals of any such child [under the age of sixteen years], shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or…
2Cases cited48 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- United States v. HarrissSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Papachristou v. City of JacksonvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by105 opinions
- Peck v. JacqueminSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- State v. CobbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- State v. IndrisanoSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. MaderaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Seals v. HickeySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
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