{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-323","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-323","heading":"Abuse in the third degree: Class A misdemeanor.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of abuse in the third degree when such person (1) knowingly commits abuse of an elderly, blind or disabled person or a person with intellectual disability and causes physical injury to such elderly, blind or disabled person or person with intellectual disability, or (2) recklessly commits abuse of an elderly, blind or disabled person or a person with intellectual disability and causes physical injury to such elderly, blind or disabled person or person with intellectual disability.\n(b) Abuse in the third degree is a class A misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART XXVI. ABUSE OF ELDERLY, BLIND OR DISABLED PERSONS OR PERSONS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-323","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"c05f67d640cf1c4f668ab5bb9956865bc66ba7a09bb948bcf175e285431c98ed","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-322","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-189d"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}