Legal Opinion
State v. Miranda
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 30, 1998No. SC 15467PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KATZ, J.
The issue in this appeal is whether a person who is not the biological or legal parent of a child but who establishes a familial relationship with a woman and her infant child, voluntarily assumes responsibility for the care and welfare of the child, and considers *211himself the child’s stepfather, has a legal duty to protect the child from abuse, such that the breach of that duty exposes the person to criminal liability pursuant to General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (3).1 After a court trial, the defendant, Santos Miranda, was convicted of six counts of assault in the first degree in…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- United States v. LanierSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- State v. WebbSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- In re Valerie D.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
- State v. WaltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
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3Cited by42 opinions
- State v. ColonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- State v. PaduaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2005
- Degren v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1999
- State v. MirandaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- State v. CourchesneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
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