Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 882 - Superior Court
Section 51-194. - Review division, appointment; meetings; disqualification; secretary.

The Chief Justice shall appoint three judges of the Superior Court to act as a review division of the court and shall designate one of the judges to act as chairman thereof. The clerk of the Superior Court for the judicial district of Hartford shall record the appointments and shall give notice thereof to the clerk of the court for each other judicial district. Said division shall meet at such times and places as its business requires, as determined by the chairman. The decision of any two of the judges shall be sufficient to determine any matter before the review division. No judge may sit or act on a review of a sentence imposed by him and, in any case in which review of a sentence imposed by any of the judges serving on the review division is to be acted on by the division, the Chief Justice may designate another judge to act in place of the judge. The review division is authorized to appoint a secretary and such clerical help as it deems adequate, whose compensation shall be fixed in accordance with section 51-12.

(1957, P.A. 436, S. 1; September, 1957, P.A. 14, S. 1, 6; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 6, 127; P.A. 80-313, S. 50; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)
History: P.A. 78-280 replaced general references to counties with references to judicial districts and replaced “Hartford county” with “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”; P.A. 80-313 substituted “may” for “shall” and “the” for “such” or “said” where appearing; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 149 C. 694; 168 C. 623. Constitutionality of section discussed and affirmed. 187 C. 109.
Cited. 1 CA 724; 21 CA 557.
Cited. 25 CS 473. Parties may waive their statutory rights to decision by review board of three judges and agree to accept decision by review board of two judges. 27 CS 316. Cited. 42 CS 371.
Cited. 4 Conn. Cir. Ct. 416.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 51 - Courts

Chapter 882 - Superior Court

Section 51-164s. - Superior Court sole trial court. Jurisdiction transferred from Court of Common Pleas and Juvenile Court.

Section 51-164t. - Composition of Superior Court established by rule.

Section 51-164u. - Transfer of matters and appeals pending on July 1, 1978.

Section 51-164v. (Formerly Sec. 51-141b). - Use of Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas forms in the Superior Court.

Section 51-164w. - Juvenile Court, Circuit Court and Court of Common Pleas construed to mean Superior Court as of July 1, 1978.

Section 51-164x. - Review of order prohibiting attendance at court session; review of certain orders sealing or limiting disclosure to court documents, affidavits or files.

Section 51-165. - Number of judges. Retired judges. Assignment to hear housing matters and juvenile matters.

Section 51-166. - Annual meeting of judges.

Section 51-167. - Special meetings of the judges.

Section 51-169 to 51-171. - Salaries of clerks and assistant clerks; traveling expenses; full-time, part-time requirements. Clerks of Superior Court to be county and judicial district clerks; custody of records of former county courts. Certification...

Section 51-172 to 51-174. - Records and files at Waterbury. Civil actions on appeals brought in Ansonia filed in Waterbury. Records and seal of court at Winchester.

Section 51-176 to 51-179. - Special state's attorney. Circuit Court prosecutors not to be state's attorneys. Expenses of state's attorneys. Civil term.

Section 51-180. - Criminal terms and sessions.

Section 51-180a. (Formerly Sec. 51-153). - Special session when accused confined for want of bail.

Section 51-181. - Times and places for the sitting of the Superior Court.

Section 51-181a. - Sessions at Bristol.

Section 51-181b. - Drug docket and drug courts.

Section 51-181c. - Community court.

Section 51-181d. - Truancy docket. Implementation.

Section 51-181e. - Domestic violence dockets.

Section 51-182. - Notice of sessions. Special sessions. Short calendar.

Section 51-182a and 51-182b. - Family relations term. Family relations sessions.

Section 51-182c. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-1.

Section 51-182d. - Length of family relations sessions; assignment of judges.

Section 51-182e and 51-182f. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Secs. 46b-3 and 46b-4, respectively.

Section 51-182h. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-11.

Section 51-182i to 51-182k. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Secs. 46b-5 to 46b-7, inclusive.

Section 51-182l. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-10.

Section 51-182m. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-9.

Section 51-182n and 51-182o. - Hearing of appeals from Juvenile Court. Sessions for appeals from Common Pleas Court.

Section 51-182p. - Transferred to Chapter 815, Sec. 46b-8.

Section 51-183. - Substitute judge.

Section 51-183a. (Formerly Sec. 51-28). - Judge's inability to hold court.

Section 51-183b. (Formerly Sec. 51-29). - Judgments in civil actions. Time limit.

Section 51-183c. (Formerly Sec. 51-41). - Same judge not to preside at new trial.

Section 51-183d. (Formerly Sec. 51-42). - Disqualified judge; proceedings not void.

Section 51-183e. (Formerly Sec. 51-43). - Presiding judge or arbitrator to have casting vote.

Section 51-183f. (Formerly Sec. 51-44). - Expiration of term, disability retirement, death or resignation of judge.

Section 51-183g. (Formerly Sec. 51-46). - Retiring judge; unfinished matters.

Section 51-183h. (Formerly Sec. 51-41a). - Judge not to hear motion attacking bench warrant which he signed.

Section 51-184. - Adjournment of court.

Section 51-185. - Disposition of civil business at criminal sessions.

Section 51-186. - Hearings at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers.

Section 51-187. - Court accommodations in Windham County and at Rockville.

Section 51-189. - Transfer of hearings before judges.

Section 51-190. - Trial before judge; papers filed where.

Section 51-190a. (Formerly Sec. 51-161). - Filing of papers upon decision.

Section 51-191 to 51-193. - Cause affecting land; documents lodged in Superior Court. Clerk designated by judge to take papers. Records may be rewritten.

Section 51-193b. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Payment of fees, costs and fines by credit card.

Section 51-193c. - Filing of document or data by computer, facsimile transmission or other technology. Use of technology for required payments. Electronic signature and verification. Standards. Rules.

Section 51-193d. - Moneys found in or on grounds of Superior Court presumed abandoned.

Section 51-193l. - Appointment of magistrates. Submission of names of probate judges for approval as magistrates.

Section 51-193m to 51-193q. - Prosecutions to be submitted to magistrate. Persons alleged to have committed motor vehicle infractions; payment of fine; plea of not guilty. Request for jury trial; hearing in Superior Court. Notification of magistrate...

Section 51-193r. - Compensation of magistrates.

Section 51-193s. - Submission of names of probate judges for approval as magistrates.

Section 51-193t. - Hearing of small claims matters by magistrate.

Section 51-193u. - Hearing of violations and infractions by magistrate. Authority of magistrate decision. Demand for trial de novo.

Section 51-194. - Review division, appointment; meetings; disqualification; secretary.

Section 51-195. - Application for review of sentence.

Section 51-196. - Review of sentence or commitment. Decision.

Section 51-197. - Forms and rules of procedure.

Section 51-197a. - Appeals to Appellate Court. Writs. Transfer of jurisdiction from appellate session.

Section 51-197b. (Formerly Sec. 52-7). - Administrative appeals.

Section 51-197c. - Appellate Court; judges, appointment, terms, Chief Judge.

Section 51-197d. - Jurisdiction of appellate session.

Section 51-197e. - Consolidation of appeals.

Section 51-197f. - Further review by certification only.