(a) The investigatory grand jury, in conducting the investigation, may (1) seek the assistance of the Chief State's Attorney or state's attorney who filed the application, or his designee, (2) appoint an attorney to provide assistance if a judge of the Superior Court, Appellate Court or Supreme Court filed the application or (3) appoint any other attorney to provide assistance when necessary in the interest of justice.
(b) The attendance of witnesses and the production of documents at such investigation may be compelled by subpoena, signed by any official authorized to issue such process.
(c) If any witness properly summoned fails to appear or to produce any documents included in the subpoena, or if he fails to answer any proper question, the investigatory grand jury conducting the investigation may report the matter to the state's attorney for the judicial district which has been designated in subsection (a) of section 54-47d unless such state's attorney is the applicant or has been appointed to assist in such investigation, in which case the investigatory grand jury shall report the matter to the Chief State's Attorney, and such state's attorney or Chief State's Attorney, as the case may be, may file a complaint setting forth the facts at any criminal session of the superior court in such judicial district. The court shall thereupon issue a citation to the witness to appear before the court and show cause why he should not be punished as for a contempt, and if, after hearing, the court finds that he failed to appear without due cause or failed to produce any document properly to be presented to the investigatory grand jury or failed to answer any proper question in the course of the investigation, it may punish him as it might a witness failing to appear, to produce a document properly to be considered or to answer a proper question before the court.
(d) Witnesses may be examined by the investigatory grand jury conducting the investigation or by any attorney or attorneys appointed by such investigatory grand jury for such purpose. At the hearing, the official conducting the investigation shall inform the witness that he has the right to have counsel present and to consult with such counsel.
(e) The official conducting the investigation shall inform any witness who is a target of the investigation that he is a target and shall advise him that he has the right under the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Connecticut not to be compelled to be a witness, or to give evidence, against himself.
(f) Any attorney appointed to assist in conducting the investigation shall disclose to the investigatory grand jury any exculpatory information or material in his possession, custody or control concerning any person who is a target of the investigation.
(g) An official stenographer of the Superior Court or his assistant shall record any testimony taken at the investigation.
(P.A. 85-611, S. 5; P.A. 01-84, S. 24, 26.)
History: P.A. 01-84 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2001.
Cited. 202 C. 541; 204 C. 259; 207 C. 98; 213 C. 66; 221 C. 625.
Cited. 16 CA 679; 17 CA 395; 20 CA 447.
Cited. 45 CS 1.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 960 - Information, Procedure and Bail
Section 54-45. - When grand jury is required. Selecting grand jury. Alternate grand jurors.
Section 54-45a. - Record of grand jury proceedings. Transcripts.
Section 54-46. - Prosecution on complaint or information.
Section 54-47. - Investigations into commission of crime.
Section 54-47a. - Compelling testimony of witness. Immunity from prosecution.
Section 54-47b. - Investigatory grand jury. Definitions.
Section 54-47c. - Application for investigation into commission of crime.
Section 54-47d. - Appointment of investigatory grand jury. Duration and scope of investigation.
Section 54-47e. - Sealing of order and application. Summary of scope of investigation. Disclosure.
Section 54-47f. - Conduct of investigation. Testimony of witnesses.
Section 54-47g. - Finding and record of investigation. Disclosure. Hearing. Access to testimony.
Section 54-47i. - Authority of investigation ordered prior to October 1, 1985.
Section 54-48. - Reward for arrest of capital offender or felon.
Section 54-50. - Reward for information as to unlawful disinterment of corpse.
Section 54-51. - Reward for information as to theft of motor vehicle, livestock or poultry.
Section 54-52. - Determination of claims to reward.
Section 54-53. - Release by correctional officials.
Section 54-53a. - Detention of persons who have not made bail.
Section 54-56. - Dismissal of information by court.
Section 54-56a. (Formerly Sec. 54-2b). - Pleading by mail in certain motor vehicle cases.
Section 54-56b. - Right to dismissal or trial on nolle.
Section 54-56c. - Request for privileged trial status.
Section 54-56d. (Formerly Sec. 54-40). - Competency to stand trial.
Section 54-56e. (Formerly Sec. 54-76p). - Accelerated pretrial rehabilitation.
Section 54-56f. (Formerly Sec. 54-5). - Requirements of sureties of the peace.
Section 54-56g. - Pretrial alcohol education program.
Section 54-56i. - Pretrial drug education and community service program.
Section 54-56j. - Pretrial school violence prevention program.
Section 54-56k. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Pretrial account.
Section 54-56m. - Mediation programs.
Section 54-56o. - Nolle prosequi in certain family violence cases.
Section 54-57. - Joinder of offenses of the same character.
Section 54-58. - Description of money in complaint or information.
Section 54-60. - Allegations in criminal cases.
Section 54-61. - Complaints for offenses specified in special acts, ordinances and bylaws.
Section 54-62. - Allegation of previous conviction.
Section 54-63. - Mode of informing against larceny by embezzlement.
Section 54-63a. - Definitions.
Section 54-63e. - Bond or promise conditioned on appearance.
Section 54-63f. - Release after conviction and pending sentence or appeal.
Section 54-63g. - Appeal from court order re release.
Section 54-64. - Police officials and clerks of court to take promise to appear or bond.
Section 54-64a. - Release by judicial authority.
Section 54-64b. - Release following arrest on court warrant.
Section 54-64c. - Notice of appearance after release.
Section 54-64d. - Release of person taken into custody on a capias.
Section 54-64g. - Surveillance of serious felony offenders released on bond.
Section 54-65b. - Verification of rearrest warrant or capias upon request.
Section 54-65c. - Vacating forfeiture of bond.
Section 54-67. - When attorneys not allowed to give bonds.
Section 54-68. - Persons charged with gaming to give bonds.
Section 54-69. - Motion of parties to modify conditions of release.
Section 54-69b. - Authority of court to modify conditions of release.
Section 54-70. - Compromise of forfeited bonds.
Section 54-71. - Mistake in form of recognizance.
Section 54-71a. - No civil liability for release.
Section 54-72. - Fines and forfeitures; prosecutions; liability of corporation.
Section 54-73. - Collection and disposition of forfeitures.
Section 54-74. - Remission of fine.