Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2/24/2000

State v. Wilder

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2000 ME 32
748 A.2d 444
2000 Me. LEXIS 33

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concluding that to trigger criminal liability the physical harm caused by the parent’s use of force as a method of discipline must result in more than transient pain and minor, temporary marks or bruises
noting that Maine statutes recognized a parent's privilege to exercise physical control over a child by only prohibiting cruel treatment or extreme punishment
discussing father quieting his son by twice grabbing his shoulder and once grabbing his face and telling him to “shut up”
requiring state to prove that corporal punishment resulted in “physical injury greater than transient pain and/or temporary red marks or bruises”
requiring state to prove that corporal punishment resulted in “physical injury greater than transient pain and/or temporary red marks or bruises”
noting Maine statutes recognized parent's privilege to exercise physical control over child by only prohibiting cruel treatment or \'extreme punishment'\

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Judges: Wathen, Clifford, Rudman, Dana, Saufley, Alexander, Calkins

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