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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. FREDERICK PAYNE
    The Supreme Court docket number is SC 15395.
    Decided March 11, 1996
    
      John Watson, assistant public defender, in support of the petition.
    
      Marjorie Allen Dauster, assistant state’s attorney, in opposition.
   The defendant’s petition for certification for appeal from the Appellate Court, 40 Conn. App. 1 (AC 12993), is granted, limited to the following issues:

“1. Did the Appellate Court properly hold that General Statutes § 53-21 is violated by conduct posing a risk of injury to a child’s mental health?

“2. Did the Appellate Court properly hold that, so construed, General Statutes § 53-21 is not unconstitutionally void for vagueness?

“3. Did the Appellate Court properly conclude that the trial court adequately instructed the jury on the applicability of General Statutes § 53-21 in the circumstances of this case?”