context: (Internal quotation marks omitted.) This court has construed the term to require less than specific intent to violate the law.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 150 Conn. 245, 246, 250-51
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that where defendant charged with "wilfully or unlawfully" committing "certain acts likely to impair the morals of a minor child, contrary to [General Statutes] SS 53-21 . . . [s]pecific intent is not an element of the crime defined"
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Doe v. Marselle, 236 Conn. 845, 847, 859-60, 675 A.2d 835 (1996) (“conclud[ing] that a wilful violation of [General Statutes] § 19a-583 requires only a knowing disclosure of confidential human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] related information,” not evil intent); State v. Dennis, 150 Conn. 245, 246, 250-51, 188 A.2d 65 (1963) (holding that where defendant charged with “wilfully or unlawfully” committing “certain acts likely to impair the morals of a minor child, contrary to [General Statutes] § 53-21 . . . [s]pecific intent is not an element of the crime defined”); see also United States v. Schwartz, 464 F.2d 499, 509 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1009, 93 S. Ct. 443, 34 L. Ed. 2d 302 (1972) (wilful violation of federal securities law requires only wilfulness to commit act, rather than specific intent to knowingly violate law); United States v. Peltz, 433 F.2d 48, 54-55 (2d Cir. 1970), cert. denied, 401 U.S. 955, 91 S. Ct. 974, 28 L. Ed. 2d 238 (1971) (defendant may be convicted of wilfully violating securities regulation of which he is unaware); United States v. Hill, 298 F. Sup. 1221, 1234 (D. Conn. 1969) (finding of specific intent not required for criminal violation of federal securities law).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: wilful violation of federal securities law requires only wilfulness to commit act, rather than specific intent to knowingly violate law
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Doe v. Marselle, 236 Conn. 845, 847, 859-60, 675 A.2d 835 (1996) (“conclud[ing] that a wilful violation of [General Statutes] § 19a-583 requires only a knowing disclosure of confidential human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] related information,” not evil intent); State v. Dennis, 150 Conn. 245, 246, 250-51, 188 A.2d 65 (1963) (holding that where defendant charged with “wilfully or unlawfully” committing “certain acts likely to impair the morals of a minor child, contrary to [General Statutes] § 53-21 . . . [s]pecific intent is not an element of the crime defined”); see also United States v. Schwartz, 464 F.2d 499, 509 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 1009, 93 S. Ct. 443, 34 L. Ed. 2d 302 (1972) (wilful violation of federal securities law requires only wilfulness to commit act, rather than specific intent to knowingly violate law); United States v. Peltz, 433 F.2d 48, 54-55 (2d Cir. 1970), cert. denied, 401 U.S. 955, 91 S. Ct. 974, 28 L. Ed. 2d 238 (1971) (defendant may be convicted of wilfully violating securities regulation of which he is unaware); United States v. Hill, 298 F. Sup. 1221, 1234 (D. Conn. 1969) (finding of specific intent not required for criminal violation of federal securities law).