Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 964 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
Section 54-162. - Return to another state of person whose act in this state caused crime.

The Governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person found in this state who is charged in such other state in the manner provided in section 54-159 with committing an act in this state, or in a third state, intentionally resulting in a crime in the state whose executive authority is making the demand, and the provisions of this chapter not otherwise inconsistent shall apply to such cases, even though the accused was not in that state at the time of the commission of the crime and has not fled therefrom, provided the acts for which extradition is sought would be punishable by the laws of this state, if the consequences claimed to have resulted from those acts in the demanding state had taken effect in this state.

(1957, P.A. 362, S. 6; P.A. 22-19, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 22-19 made technical changes and added proviso re acts punishable by laws of this state if consequences claimed to have resulted from those acts had taken effect in this state, effective July 1, 2022.
Cited. 157 C. 414; 186 C. 404; 190 C. 631; 201 C. 162.
Governor of rendering state exercises informed legal discretion, as extradition is not required by Art. IV, Sec. 2 of the U.S. Constitution; where both governors falsely believed person was a fugitive, extradition will not be granted under section and person must be released, as discretion was not exercised. 34 CS 78.

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