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Chapter 959 - Court Jurisdiction and Power
Section 54-1 and 54-1a. - Criminal jurisdiction of trial justices; of Court of Common Pleas. - Sections 54-1 and 54-1a are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8721;...
Section 54-1b. - Arraignment of prisoner. Advice as to rights. - Any accused, when he is arraigned before the Superior Court,...
Section 54-1c. - Admissibility of confession. - Any admission, confession or statement, written or oral, obtained from...
Section 54-1d. - Place of arraignment. Multiple arrest warrants. Multiple credit card and automated teller machine offenses. Identity theft and related offenses. Violation of order of protection by electronic or telephonic means. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “geographical area” means...
Section 54-1e. - Election of place of trial when venue is in the geographical area of Derby, Ansonia, Shelton, and Seymour. - Section 54-1e is repealed. (P.A. 75-578, S. 5; P.A. 76-436,...
Section 54-1f. (Formerly Sec. 6-49). - Arrest without warrant. Pursuit outside precincts. - (a) For purposes of this section, the respective precinct or...
Section 54-1g. - Time of arraignment. Violation of protective order, standing criminal protective order or restraining order. - (a) Any arrested person who is not released sooner or...
Section 54-1h. (Formerly Sec. 6-49a). - Arrest by complaint and summons for commission of misdemeanor. - Any person who has been arrested with or without a...
Section 54-1i. (Formerly Sec. 54-40a). - Duty of law enforcement officer before charging with a crime a person found in unconscious condition. - (a) All law enforcement officers in this state shall make...
Section 54-1j. - Ascertainment that defendant understands possible immigration and naturalization consequences of guilty or nolo contendere plea. - (a) The court shall not accept a plea of guilty...
Section 54-1k. - Issuance of protective orders in cases of stalking, harassment, sexual assault, risk of injury to or impairing morals of a child. - (a) Upon the arrest of a person for a violation...
Section 54-1l. - Short title: Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act. - (a) This section and section 54-1m shall be known as...
Section 54-1m. - Adoption of policy prohibiting certain police actions. Traffic stop information. Standardized method. Data collection and reporting. - (a) Each municipal police department, the Department of Emergency Services...
Section 54-1n. - Complaint by victim of identity theft. Law enforcement agency's responsibilities. - Any person who believes that such person's personal identifying information...
Section 54-1o. - Electronic recording of custodial interrogations. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Custody” means...
Section 54-1p. - Eyewitness identification procedures. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Eyewitness” means...
Section 54-1q. - Court to advise defendant that guilty or nolo contendere plea may have consequence of suspension of driver's license. - The court shall not accept a plea of guilty or...
Section 54-1r. - Complaint by protected person re violation of order of protection by electronic or telephonic means. Law enforcement agency's responsibilities. - Any person listed as a protected person on a restraining...
Section 54-1s. - Racial Profiling Prohibition Project Advisory Board. Membership. Duties. - (a) There is established, within available resources, a Racial Profiling...
Section 54-1t. - Adoption of policy re police use of electronic defense weapons. Data collection. Reports. - (a) For purposes of this section, “law enforcement agency” means...
Section 54-2. - Conviction and binding over by trial justice. - Section 54-2 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8725; 1957, P.A....
Section 54-2a. - Issuance of bench warrants of arrest, subpoenas, capias and other criminal process. Release conditions. Service of court process. Entry of warrants and process into computer system. - (a) In all criminal cases the Superior Court, or any...
Section 54-2c. - Traffic violator need not appear in court, when. Schedule of fines established. - Section 54-2c is repealed. (1967, P.A. 429; 1969, P.A. 455;...
Section 54-2d. - Notation in computer network of actions taken by law enforcement agency to execute certain warrants. - Not later than thirty days after the entry of the...
Section 54-2e. - Issuance of rearrest warrant or capias for failure to appear. - Unless good cause is shown, no court shall issue a...
Section 54-3 and 54-4. - Issue of warrant after arrest. Trial justice may issue criminal process to be served anywhere in the state. - Sections 54-3 and 54-4 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8722,...
Section 54-6 to 54-12. - Criminal jurisdiction of municipal courts. Limit of jurisdiction of municipal courts. Jurisdiction over violations concerning overweight commercial vehicles. Bonds on adjournment of hearing. Copies of files and records for Su... - Sections 54-6 to 54-12, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 54-15 and 54-16. - Binding over on probable cause. Jurisdiction of Common Pleas Court on appeals. - Sections 54-15 and 54-16 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8727,...
Section 54-17a. - Presentation in one judicial district for offenses charged in various districts where defendant to plead guilty. - When any person is arrested in any judicial district upon...
Section 54-18a to 54-21. - Transfer of criminal cases between Superior and Common Pleas Court. Certain cases to be tried at first term. Search when cruelty is suspected. Search warrants in cases of cruelty to animals. - Sections 54-18a to 54-21, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 54-25 and 54-26. - Release on recognizance. Witnesses in courts of other states. - Sections 54-25 and 54-26 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8746,...
Section 54-29 to 54-31. - Seizure of obscene literature and gambling implements. Illegal articles and implements to be destroyed. Judges of city courts may act. - Sections 54-29 to 54-31, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 54-33. - Search warrants for gambling and lottery implements. - Section 54-33 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8756; 1959, P.A....
Section 54-33a. - Issuance of search warrant, warrant for tracking device or warrant for foreign corporation records or data. No-knock warrants prohibited. - (a) As used in sections 54-33a to 54-33g, inclusive, “property”...
Section 54-33b. - Search of person. - (a) A law enforcement official may ask a person if...
Section 54-33c. - Warrant application, affidavits, execution and return. Copies. Orders. - (a) The applicant for a search warrant shall file the...
Section 54-33d. - Interference with search. - Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates or...
Section 54-33e. - Destruction of property. - Any person who, before, during or after seizure of any...
Section 54-33f. - Motion for return of unlawfully seized property and suppression as evidence. - (a) A person aggrieved by search and seizure may move...
Section 54-33g. - Forfeiture of moneys and property related to commission of criminal offense. In rem proceeding. Disposition. Secondary evidence of forfeited property. - (a) When any property believed to be possessed, controlled, designed...
Section 54-33h. (Formerly Sec. 53-279). - Arrest of keeper of gambling equipment; seizure and disposition of property. - Section 54-33h is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8656; 1959, P.A....
Section 54-33i. - “Journalist”, “news organization” and “news” defined. - For the purposes of this section and sections 54-33a and...
Section 54-33j. - Issuance of search warrant for property of journalist or news organization. - (a) No search warrant, as provided in section 54-33a, may...
Section 54-33k. - “Strip search” defined. - For the purposes of this section and section 54-33l, “strip...
Section 54-33l. - Strip searches. Procedure. - (a) No person arrested for a motor vehicle violation or...
Section 54-33m. - Failure to wear seat belt not probable cause for vehicle search. - The failure of an operator of, or passenger in, a...
Section 54-33n. - Search of school lockers and property. - All local and regional boards of education and all private...
Section 54-33o. - Search of vehicle stopped solely for a motor vehicle violation. - (a)(1) No law enforcement official may ask an operator of...
Section 54-33p. - Restrictions on cannabis-related stop or search of a person or motor vehicle. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,...
Section 54-34 and 54-35. - Search of person. Condemnation of gambling implements, notice. - Sections 54-34 and 54-35 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8757,...
Section 54-36. - Disposition of property held as evidence. - Section 54-36 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8759; 1969, P.A....
Section 54-36a. - Definitions. Inventory. Return of stolen property. Disposition of other seized property. Return of compliance. - (a) As used in this section, sections 53-278c and 54-36c:...
Section 54-36b. - Examiner of seized property, appointment, duties. - There shall be an examiner of seized property who shall...
Section 54-36c. - Disposition of seized property on order of the examiner of seized property. - If there is no criminal action, property seized prior to...
Section 54-36d. - Proceedings under chapters 214, 220 and 490 concerning cigarettes, alcohol and fisheries and game, respectively, exempt from certain licensing and disposition requirements. - Sections 21-1, 54-36a, 54-36b and 54-36c, shall not be applicable...
Section 54-36e. - Firearms and ammunition to be turned over to state police. Sale at public auction. - (a) Except as provided in sections 26-85 and 26-90, firearms...
Section 54-36f. - Receipt for seized property to be given by law enforcement officials. - Whenever property is seized in connection with a criminal arrest...
Section 54-36g. - Destruction of controlled drugs, controlled substances and drug paraphernalia held as evidence in criminal proceedings. Petition, notice and hearing. Representative samples. Certificate of results. Destruction upon final disposition... - (a) At any time after the seizure of a controlled...
Section 54-36h. - Forfeiture of moneys and property related to illegal sale or exchange of controlled substances or money laundering. In rem proceeding. Disposition. - (a) The following property shall be subject to forfeiture to...
Section 54-36i. - Drug assets forfeiture revolving account. Allocation of moneys. - (a) There is established and created an account of the...
Section 54-36j to 54-36l. - Seizure and forfeiture of motor vehicle used in patronizing a prostitute. Innocent owner defense to forfeiture of motor vehicle used in patronizing a prostitute. Release of motor vehicle seized in connection with arrest fo... - Sections 54-36j to 54-36l, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 54-36m. - Impoundment of motor vehicle occupied by person arrested for patronizing a prostitute from a motor vehicle. - Section 54-36m is repealed, effective October 1, 2017. (P.A. 97-279,...
Section 54-36n. - Identification and tracing of seized and recovered firearms and ammunition. - (a) Whenever a law enforcement agency seizes a firearm in...
Section 54-36o. - Property derived from identity theft subject to forfeiture to state. Exceptions. Proceeds. - (a) All property constituting, or derived from, the proceeds obtained,...
Section 54-36p. - Forfeiture of moneys and property related to sexual exploitation, prostitution and human trafficking. In rem proceeding. Disposition. - (a) The following property shall be subject to forfeiture to...
Section 54-37 to 54-39. - Disposition of accused acquitted on ground of insanity. Release of persons confined under order prior to October 1, 1959. Petition for release. Disposition of insane person upon expiration of term. - Sections 54-37 to 54-39, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Chapter 959a - Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance
Section 54-41a. - Definitions. - The following words and phrases, as used in this chapter,...
Section 54-41b. - Application for order authorizing interception. - The Chief State's Attorney or the state's attorney for the...
Section 54-41c. - Information in application. - Each application for an order authorizing the interception of a...
Section 54-41d. - Issuance of order. - Upon such application the panel of judges, by unanimous vote,...
Section 54-41e. - Statement by panel on issuance of order. Contents of order. - Each order authorizing the interception of any wire communication shall...
Section 54-41f. - Execution of order; progress reports. - Any order entered in accordance with the provisions of this...
Section 54-41g. - Extensions of order. - No more than three extensions of an order may be...
Section 54-41h. - Privileged wire communications; issuance of order and interception prohibited. - If the facilities from which, or the place where, the...
Section 54-41i. - Recording of interception; sealing, custody and destruction. - The contents of any wire communication intercepted by any means...
Section 54-41j. - Sealing, custody, storage and destruction of applications and orders. - Applications made and orders granted in accordance with the provisions...
Section 54-41k. - Service of notice of interception; inspection of intercepted communications, applications and orders; postponement of service. - Within a reasonable time but not later than ninety days...
Section 54-41l. - Intercepted communication admissible as evidence, when. - The contents of any intercepted wire communication or evidence derived...
Section 54-41m. - Motion to suppress. - Any aggrieved person in any trial, hearing or proceeding in...
Section 54-41n. - Report by panel to Chief Court Administrator. - In addition to any reports required by federal law, within...
Section 54-41o. - Reports by state's attorneys. - (a) In January of each year each state's attorney shall...
Section 54-41p. - Disclosure of contents of wire communication. Unauthorized disclosure: Class D felony. - (a) Any investigative officer who, by any means authorized by...
Section 54-41q. - Authority of communication common carrier to intercept, disclose or use wire communication. - (a) It shall not be unlawful under this chapter for...
Section 54-41r. - Remedies of party intercepted; defense. - Any person whose wire communication is intercepted, disclosed or used...
Section 54-41s. - Illegal possession, sale, distribution of equipment: Class D felony. - A person is guilty of the illegal possession, sale or...
Section 54-41t. - Unauthorized or illegal interception: Class C felony. - Any investigative officer who intercepts the wire communications of any...
Section 54-41u. - Admissibility of intercepted wire communication obtained pursuant to federal law. - Nothing in this chapter shall preclude the receipt in evidence...
Chapter 960 - Information, Procedure and Bail
Section 54-42 to 54-44. - Original information in Superior Court. Bench warrant; procedure on arrest; previous bond in Court of Common Pleas. Admissibility of confession. Informations in cases appealed to Superior Court. - Sections 54-42 to 54-44, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 54-45. - When grand jury is required. Selecting grand jury. Alternate grand jurors. - (a) The Superior Court may, when necessary, order a grand...
Section 54-45a. - Record of grand jury proceedings. Transcripts. - (a) In any grand jury proceeding ordered pursuant to the...
Section 54-46. - Prosecution on complaint or information. - For all crimes charged by the state on or after...
Section 54-46a. - Probable cause hearing for persons charged with crimes punishable by death, life imprisonment without possibility of release or life imprisonment. - (a) No person charged by the state, who has not...
Section 54-47. - Investigations into commission of crime. - Section 54-47 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8777; 1953, S....
Section 54-47a. - Compelling testimony of witness. Immunity from prosecution. - (a) Whenever in the judgment of the Chief State's Attorney,...
Section 54-47aa. - Ex parte order to compel disclosure of or direct application to carrier or provider for certain telephone and Internet records. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Basic subscriber...
Section 54-47b. - Investigatory grand jury. Definitions. - For the purposes of sections 54-47a to 54-47h, inclusive: (1)...
Section 54-47c. - Application for investigation into commission of crime. - (a) Any judge of the Superior Court, Appellate Court or...
Section 54-47d. - Appointment of investigatory grand jury. Duration and scope of investigation. - (a) If the panel approves the application and orders an...
Section 54-47e. - Sealing of order and application. Summary of scope of investigation. Disclosure. - Any order authorizing the investigation into the commission of a...
Section 54-47f. - Conduct of investigation. Testimony of witnesses. - (a) The investigatory grand jury, in conducting the investigation, may...
Section 54-47g. - Finding and record of investigation. Disclosure. Hearing. Access to testimony. - (a) Within sixty days of the conclusion of the investigation,...
Section 54-47h. - Report. - In January of each year, the panel of judges appointed...
Section 54-47i. - Authority of investigation ordered prior to October 1, 1985. - (a) The authority of any judge, state referee or three...
Section 54-48. - Reward for arrest of capital offender or felon. - When any crime punishable by death or imprisonment for more...
Section 54-49. - Reward for information as to high crime or crime resulting in death of police officer or firefighter. - (a) When any high crime has been committed in any...
Section 54-50. - Reward for information as to unlawful disinterment of corpse. - For any violation of the provisions of section 53-334, the...
Section 54-51. - Reward for information as to theft of motor vehicle, livestock or poultry. - Section 54-51 is repealed, effective October 1, 2003. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 54-52. - Determination of claims to reward. - When any reward is offered for the recovery of stolen...
Section 54-53. - Release by correctional officials. - Each person detained in a community correctional center pursuant to...
Section 54-53a. - Detention of persons who have not made bail. - (a) No person who has not made bail may be...
Section 54-54 and 54-55. - Original information in Court of Common Pleas. Information in cases appealed to Court of Common Pleas. - Sections 54-54 and 54-55 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8767,...
Section 54-56. - Dismissal of information by court. - All courts having jurisdiction of criminal cases shall at all...
Section 54-56a. (Formerly Sec. 54-2b). - Pleading by mail in certain motor vehicle cases. - In any criminal action arising out of an alleged violation...
Section 54-56b. - Right to dismissal or trial on nolle. - A nolle prosequi may not be entered as to any...
Section 54-56c. - Request for privileged trial status. - If the accused enters a plea of not guilty, the...
Section 54-56d. (Formerly Sec. 54-40). - Competency to stand trial. - (a) Competency requirement. Definition. A defendant shall not be tried,...
Section 54-56e. (Formerly Sec. 54-76p). - Accelerated pretrial rehabilitation. - (a) There shall be a pretrial program for accelerated rehabilitation...
Section 54-56f. (Formerly Sec. 54-5). - Requirements of sureties of the peace. - Any judge of the Superior Court may, from his personal...
Section 54-56g. - Pretrial alcohol education program. - (a)(1) There shall be a pretrial alcohol education program for...
Section 54-56h. - Consideration of defendant's contribution to Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund or of community service work hours. Payment of monetary contribution to fund. - (a) The court may, in the disposition of any criminal...
Section 54-56i. - Pretrial drug education and community service program. - (a) There is established a pretrial drug education and community...
Section 54-56j. - Pretrial school violence prevention program. - (a) There shall be a school violence prevention program for...
Section 54-56k. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Pretrial account. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...
Section 54-56l. - Pretrial supervised diversionary program for persons with psychiatric disabilities and veterans. - (a) There shall be a supervised diversionary program for persons...
Section 54-56m. - Mediation programs. - (a) There shall be established, in the geographical area of...
Section 54-56n. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Pretrial and diversionary program data collection and reporting. - (a) The Judicial Branch shall collect data on the number...
Section 54-56o. - Nolle prosequi in certain family violence cases. - For any family violence case initiated on or after July...
Section 54-56p. - Program for young persons charged with a motor vehicle violation or alcohol-related offense. - (a) The court may, in its discretion, invoke a program...
Section 54-56q. - (Note: This section is effective April 1, 2022.) Pretrial drug intervention and community service program. - (a)(1) There is established a pretrial drug intervention and community...
Section 54-56r. - (Note: This section is effective April 1, 2022.) Pretrial impaired driving intervention program. - (a)(1) There is established a pretrial impaired driving intervention program...
Section 54-57. - Joinder of offenses of the same character. - Whenever two or more cases are pending at the same...
Section 54-58. - Description of money in complaint or information. - When it is necessary to describe any bill issued by...
Section 54-59. - Statement of ownership, partnership or joint tenancy in indictment, information or complaint. - When in any indictment, information or complaint it is necessary...
Section 54-60. - Allegations in criminal cases. - Whenever any indictment, information or complaint is pending before any...
Section 54-61. - Complaints for offenses specified in special acts, ordinances and bylaws. - In any complaint or other process for an offense against...
Section 54-62. - Allegation of previous conviction. - When, in any criminal complaint or information, it is necessary...
Section 54-63. - Mode of informing against larceny by embezzlement. - In any complaint or information for the crime of larceny...
Section 54-63a. - Definitions. - As used in sections 54-63a to 54-63g, inclusive, and section...
Section 54-63b. - Pretrial release of arrested persons. Duties of Court Support Services Division. Uniform weighted release criteria. - (a) The duties of the Court Support Services Division shall...
Section 54-63c. - Duties of law enforcement officer or probation officer serving warrant re arrested person. Interview and release of arrested person. - (a) Except in cases of arrest pursuant to a bench...
Section 54-63d. - Release by bail commissioner or intake, assessment and referral specialist. Information, files and reports held by Court Support Services Division. - (a) Upon notification by a police officer pursuant to section...
Section 54-63e. - Bond or promise conditioned on appearance. - Whenever any arrested person is released upon his written promise...
Section 54-63f. - Release after conviction and pending sentence or appeal. - A person who has been convicted of any offense, except...
Section 54-63g. - Appeal from court order re release. - Any accused person or the state, aggrieved by an order...
Section 54-64. - Police officials and clerks of court to take promise to appear or bond. - Section 54-64 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8779; 1959, P.A....
Section 54-64a. - Release by judicial authority. - (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection...
Section 54-64b. - Release following arrest on court warrant. - (a) When any person is arrested on a bench warrant...
Section 54-64c. - Notice of appearance after release. - The person taking any promise or bond shall give the...
Section 54-64d. - Release of person taken into custody on a capias. - (a) When any person is taken into custody on a...
Section 54-64e. - Noncriminal behavior as condition of release. Notice of conditions of release and sanctions for violation. - (a) When any person is released pursuant to the provisions...
Section 54-64f. - Violation of conditions of release. Imposition of different or additional conditions. Revocation of release. - (a) Upon application by the prosecuting authority alleging that a...
Section 54-64g. - Surveillance of serious felony offenders released on bond. - The office of the Chief State's Attorney shall, in consultation...
Section 54-65. - Procedure when surety believes principal intends to abscond. Application for release of surety from bond if principal absconds. - (a) Any surety in a recognizance in criminal proceedings, who...
Section 54-65a. - Forfeiture of bond for failure to appear. Issuance of rearrest warrant or capias. Termination or reinstatement of bond. Rebate to surety. - (a)(1) Whenever an arrested person is released upon the execution...
Section 54-65b. - Verification of rearrest warrant or capias upon request. - Upon the request during regular business hours of a person...
Section 54-65c. - Vacating forfeiture of bond. - A court shall vacate an order forfeiting a bail bond...
Section 54-66. - Acceptance and disposition of bail. Pledge of real property as lien. Forfeiture of bond for failure to appear. Issuance of rearrest warrant or capias. Termination or reinstatement of bond. - (a)(1) In any criminal case in which a bond is...
Section 54-66a. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Automatic termination of bail bonds. - Any bail bond posted in any criminal proceeding in this...
Section 54-67. - When attorneys not allowed to give bonds. - No attorney-at-law may give any bond or recognizance in any...
Section 54-68. - Persons charged with gaming to give bonds. - Section 54-68 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8789.; P.A. 76-336,...
Section 54-69. - Motion of parties to modify conditions of release. - (a) Whenever in any criminal prosecution the state's attorney for...
Section 54-69a. - Motion of bail commissioner or intake, assessment and referral specialist to modify conditions of release. - A bail commissioner or an intake, assessment and referral specialist...
Section 54-69b. - Authority of court to modify conditions of release. - The provisions of any promise or bond taken under section...
Section 54-70. - Compromise of forfeited bonds. - Section 54-70 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8791; 1959, P.A....
Section 54-71. - Mistake in form of recognizance. - No recognizance given by the accused in a criminal prosecution...
Section 54-71a. - No civil liability for release. - No bail commissioner or intake, assessment and referral specialist employed...
Section 54-72. - Fines and forfeitures; prosecutions; liability of corporation. - All fines, forfeitures and penalties, unless otherwise expressly disposed of...
Section 54-73. - Collection and disposition of forfeitures. - The state's attorney in the judicial district in which any...
Section 54-74. - Remission of fine. - Any judge of the Superior Court may remit any fine,...
Section 54-75. - Employment of detectives. - Section 54-75 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8783; 1953, S....
Section 54-76a. - Procedure at hearing in probable cause. - Section 54-76a is repealed. (1959, P.A. 548; February, 1965, P.A....
Chapter 960a - Youthful Offenders
Section 54-76b. - Youthful offenders: Definitions; applicability of interstate compact. - (a) For the purposes of sections 54-76b to 54-76n, inclusive:...
Section 54-76c. - Eligibility to be adjudged a youthful offender. Transfer of cases. - (a) In any case where an information or complaint has...
Section 54-76d. - Investigations. Determinations by court. Waiver of proceedings. - (a) If the court grants a motion under subsection (a)...
Section 54-76e. - Trial to determine youthful offender status. - If the defendant enters a plea of “not guilty” or...
Section 54-76f. - Statements of defendant inadmissible. - No statement, admission or confession made by the defendant to...
Section 54-76g. - Judgment of youthful offender status. - If the defendant enters a plea of guilty to the...
Section 54-76h. - Proceedings private. Segregation of defendant in place of detention. Presence of victim at proceeding. - (a) All of the proceedings had under the provisions of...
Section 54-76i. - Court powers over person of defendant. - Pending and during the investigation, trial, adjudication or acquittal of...
Section 54-76j. - Disposition upon adjudication as youthful offender. - (a) The court, upon the adjudication of any person as...
Section 54-76k. - Determination of youthful offender status not to disqualify for office, license, etc. - No determination made under the provisions of sections 54-76b to...
Section 54-76l. - Records or other information of youth to be confidential. Exceptions. - (a) The records or other information of a youth, other...
Section 54-76m. - Age of defendant at time of crime controlling. - The age of the youthful offender at the time of...
Section 54-76n. - Application of criminal law. - The provisions of titles 53, 53a and 54, including the...
Section 54-76o. - Erasure of police and court records of youthful offender. - Whenever any person has been adjudicated a youthful offender and...
Section 54-76q. - Statement of victim regarding plea agreement or sentence. - In a proceeding under sections 54-76b to 54-76n, inclusive, concerning...
Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction
Section 54-77a. - Establishing venue and selecting jurors for the town of Plymouth. - Section 54-77a is repealed. (P.A. 75-26, S. 1, 8; P.A....
Section 54-80 to 54-81b. - Public defenders. Assistant public defenders; office; assistance. Expenses. Appointment of special defender. Public defenders for Common Pleas Court. Representation of accused on bindover. - Sections 54-80 to 54-81b, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 54-82. - Accused's election of trial by court or by jury. Number of jurors. - (a) In any criminal case, prosecution or proceeding, the accused...
Section 54-82a. - Test of insanity as defense. - Section 54-82a is repealed. (1967, P.A. 336, S. 1, 2;...
Section 54-82b. - Right to trial by jury. - (a) The party accused in a criminal action in the...
Section 54-82c. (Formerly Sec. 54-139). - Prisoner's right to speedy trial on pending charges. - (a) Whenever a person has entered upon a term of...
Section 54-82d. (Formerly Sec. 54-140). - Dismissal of charges on failure to grant prisoner speedy trial. - If an action is not assigned for trial within the...
Section 54-82e. (Formerly Sec. 54-141). - Mentally ill person not covered. - The provisions of sections 54-82c and 54-82d shall not apply...
Section 54-82f. - Voir dire examination. - In any criminal action tried before a jury, either party...
Section 54-82g. (Formerly Sec. 51-242). - Peremptory challenges in criminal prosecution. - The accused may challenge peremptorily, in any criminal trial before...
Section 54-82h. - Alternate jurors in criminal cases. Peremptory challenges. - (a) In any criminal prosecution to be tried to the...
Section 54-82i. (Formerly Sec. 54-22). - Attendance of witnesses in criminal proceedings. - (a) Definitions. The following words, when used in this section,...
Section 54-82j. (Formerly Sec. 54-23). - Detention of witnesses. Warrant. - Upon the written complaint of any state's attorney addressed to...
Section 54-82k. (Formerly Sec. 54-24). - Recognizance; commitment; release; fees. - (a) If, upon the examination provided for in section 54-82j,...
Section 54-82l. - Rules re speedy trial to be adopted by judges of Superior Court effective July 1, 1983. - In accordance with the provisions of section 51-14, the judges...
Section 54-82m. - Rules re speedy trial to be adopted by judges of Superior Court effective July 1, 1985. - In accordance with the provisions of section 51-14, the judges...
Section 54-82q. - Temporary restraining order prohibiting harassment of witness. - (a) Upon application of a prosecutorial official, a court may...
Section 54-82r. - Protective order prohibiting harassment of witness. - (a) Upon application of a prosecutorial official, a court may...
Section 54-82s. - The Leroy Brown, Jr. and Karen Clarke Witness Protection Program. - The program of providing protective services to witnesses under sections...
Section 54-82t. - Protective services for witness at risk of harm. - (a) For the purposes of this section and section 54-82u:...
Section 54-82u. - Witness protection agreement. - (a) In order to receive protective services under section 54-82t,...
Section 54-83. - Testimony in case where crime is punishable by death or life imprisonment without possibility of release. - No person may be convicted of any crime punishable by...
Section 54-84. - Testimony or silence of accused. - (a) Any person on trial for crime shall be a...
Section 54-84a. - Testimony against spouse. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 54-84b. - Testimony of spouse re confidential communications. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “confidential communication” means...
Section 54-85. - Witness to testify with regard to bribery at elections. - A person summoned as a witness to testify regarding bribery...
Section 54-85a. - Sequestering of witnesses in criminal prosecution. - In any criminal prosecution, the court, upon motion of the...
Section 54-85b. - Employment protection for witnesses and victims of crime. Penalty. Action for damages and reinstatement. - (a) An employer shall not deprive an employee of employment,...
Section 54-85c. - Representative of homicide victim entitled to be present at trial of defendant. Exclusion. Hearing. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “representative of a...
Section 54-85d. - Employer not to discharge employee who attends court as family member of or person designated by homicide victim. - An employer shall not deprive an employee of employment, or...
Section 54-85e. - Photograph of deceased victim shown to jury during opening and closing arguments. - A photograph not to exceed eight inches by ten inches...
Section 54-85f. - Victim of violent crime or representative of deceased victim permitted to attend court proceedings. - Any victim of a violent crime or the legal representative...
Section 54-85g. - Advisement to crime victims re constitutional rights by judge at arraignment. - In order to ensure that any victim coming before the...
Section 54-86. - Depositions. - (a) In any case involving an offense for which the...
Section 54-86a. - Certain evidence to be made available to defendant. - (a) Upon motion of a defendant at any time after...
Section 54-86b. - Right of accused to examine statements. - (a) In any criminal prosecution, after a witness called by...
Section 54-86c. - Disclosure of exculpatory information or material. - (a) Not later than thirty days after any defendant enters...
Section 54-86d. - Nondisclosure of address and telephone number by victims of certain crimes. - Any person who has been the victim of a sexual...
Section 54-86e. - Confidentiality of identifying information pertaining to victims of certain crimes. Availability of information to accused. Protective order information to be entered in registry. - The name and address of the victim of a sexual...
Section 54-86f. - Admissibility of evidence of sexual conduct. - (a) In any prosecution for sexual assault under sections 53a-70,...
Section 54-86g. - Testimony of victim of child abuse. Court may order testimony taken outside courtroom. Procedure. - (a) In any criminal prosecution of an offense involving assault,...
Section 54-86h. - Competency of child as witness. - No witness shall be automatically adjudged incompetent to testify because...
Section 54-86i. - Testimony of expert witness re mental state or condition of defendant. - No expert witness testifying with respect to the mental state...
Section 54-86j. - Polygraph examination of victims of sexual assault restricted. - (a) No member of any municipal police department, the state...
Section 54-86k. - Admissibility of results of DNA analysis. - (a) In any criminal proceeding, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing shall...
Section 54-86l. - Admissibility in criminal or juvenile proceeding of statement by child twelve years of age or younger at time of statement relating to sexual offense or offense involving physical abuse against the child. - (a) Notwithstanding any other rule of evidence or provision of...
Section 54-86m. - Reproduction of property or material that constitutes child pornography prohibited. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 54-86a, in any criminal proceeding,...
Section 54-86n. - Appointment of advocate in proceeding re the welfare or custody of a cat or dog. Advocate's duties. Department of Agriculture to maintain list of eligible advocates. - (a) In any prosecution under section 53-247, or in any...
Section 54-86o. - Jailhouse witnesses in a criminal prosecution. - (a) In any criminal prosecution, upon written request by a...
Section 54-86p. - Hearing re reliability and admissibility of jailhouse witness testimony in criminal prosecutions. - (a) In any criminal prosecution of a defendant for a...
Section 54-87. - Demurrer. - Section 54-87 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8803; P.A. 80-313,...
Section 54-88. - State to open and close arguments. - In any criminal trial, the counsel for the state shall...
Section 54-89. - Direction of court to jury. - The court shall decide all issues of law and all...
Section 54-89a. - Court to inform jury on consequences of a finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. - If the court instructs the jury on a defense of...
Section 54-91. - When sentence to be passed. - Section 54-91 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8807; P.A. 76-336,...
Section 54-91a. (Formerly Sec. 54-109). - Presentence investigation of defendant. - (a) No defendant convicted of a crime, other than a...
Section 54-91b. (Formerly Sec. 54-109a). - Defendant may request copy of prior record and presentence investigation report. - In any case, without a showing of good cause, upon...
Section 54-91c. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (d) and effective date.) Testimony of victim or representative of deceased victim prior to acceptance of plea agreement and at sentencing hearing. Terms of proposed plea agreeme... - (a) For the purposes of this section, “victim” means a...
Section 54-91d. - Referral of persons to youth service bureaus. - Section 54-91d is repealed. (P.A. 93-432, S. 4, 6; P.A....
Section 54-91e. - Notification of victim through automated system prior to acceptance of plea agreement. - On and after the date on which the state-wide automated...
Section 54-91f. - Apology to victim by person convicted of motor vehicle offense that resulted in death or serious physical injury to another. Inadmissibility in civil or criminal proceeding. - Any person convicted of a motor vehicle offense that resulted...
Section 54-91g. - Sentencing of a child for class A or B felony. - (a) If the case of a child, as defined in...
Section 54-91h. - Indication by court at sentencing of defendant's maximum period of imprisonment and eligibility re risk reduction credits and release on parole. - Whenever a defendant convicted of one or more crimes receives...
Section 54-92. - Pronouncement of sentence. - Any sentence to imprisonment shall be pronounced by the judge...
Section 54-92a. (Formerly Sec. 54-120). - Commitment to custody of Commissioner of Correction. - Commitment on findings of probable cause or on adjournments and...
Section 54-92b. (Formerly Sec. 54-122). - Discharge from community correctional center when held for nonpayment of fine. - Any person held in a community correctional center for the...
Section 54-92c. (Formerly Sec. 17-381). - Women attendants. - Whenever any female person is committed to the Commissioner of...
Section 54-93. - Clerks to notify warden of Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, of sentences. - Section 54-93 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 54-93a. - Court order to correct public record containing false information as a result of identity theft. - Whenever a person is convicted of a violation of section...
Section 54-94. - Sentence of persons between sixteen and seventeen. - Section 54-94 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8810; 1961, P.A....
Section 54-94a. - Conditional nolo contendere plea. Appeal of denial of motion to suppress or dismiss. - When a defendant, prior to the commencement of trial, enters...
Section 54-95. - Appeal by defendant in criminal prosecution; stay of execution. - (a) Any defendant in a criminal prosecution, aggrieved by any...
Section 54-95a. (Formerly Sec. 54-17). - Jurisdiction of Superior Court. - In any prosecution for the violation of any provision of...
Section 54-95b. - Reopening judgment in certain motor vehicle and criminal cases. - Any judgment rendered in the Superior Court in any case...
Section 54-95c. - Application to vacate certain convictions on basis of being a victim of trafficking in persons. Notification to victims of crimes for which vacatur is sought. Prosecutor's response. Court order. Not grounds for an award of compensat... - (a) At any time after a court enters a judgment...
Section 54-96. - Appeals by the state from Superior Court in criminal cases. - Appeals from the rulings and decisions of the Superior Court,...
Section 54-96a. (Formerly Sec. 54-13). - Appeal vacated by payment of fine. - Any person appealing from the judgment of the Superior Court,...
Section 54-96b. (Formerly Sec. 54-14). - Withdrawal of appeal of person committed to community correctional center. - Any person appealing from any judgment of the superior court...
Section 54-97. - Mittimus required for commitment to correctional facility. - No person may be committed to a correctional institution or...
Section 54-98. - Execution of mittimus for commitment to Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers. - The Chief Court Administrator or the administrator's designee shall execute...
Section 54-99. - Period within which death penalty inflicted. - Unless a reprieve or stay of execution is granted by...
Section 54-100. - Method of inflicting death penalty. Attendance at execution. - (a) The method of inflicting the punishment of death shall...
Section 54-100a. - Committee on news media access to executions. Selection of news media witnesses. - There shall be a committee on news media access to...
Section 54-101. - Disposition of person becoming insane after death sentence. - When any person detained at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers,...
Section 54-102. - Burial or disposal of body of executed criminal. - The warden or his deputy shall cause the body of...
Section 54-102a. (Formerly Sec. 53a-90). - Examination for sexually transmitted disease and HIV testing of persons charged with certain sexual offenses. - (a) The court before which is pending any case involving...
Section 54-102b. - HIV testing of persons convicted of certain sexual offenses. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, except as...
Section 54-102c. - HIV information and test results provided to victim. - When a court orders a test pursuant to section 54-102a...
Section 54-102g. - Blood or other biological sample required from certain arrested or convicted persons for DNA analysis. - (a) Whenever any person is arrested on or after October...
Section 54-102h. - Procedure for collection of blood or other biological sample for DNA analysis. - (a)(1) The collection of a blood or other biological sample...
Section 54-102i. - Procedure for conducting DNA analysis of blood or other biological sample. - (a) Whether or not the results of an analysis are...
Section 54-102j. - Dissemination of information in DNA data bank. - (a) It shall be the duty of the Division of...
Section 54-102k. - Unauthorized dissemination or use of DNA data bank information. Obtaining blood sample without authority. Penalties. - Any person who, without authority, disseminates information contained in the...
Section 54-102l. - Expungement of DNA data bank records and destruction of samples. - (a) A DNA profile that has been included in the...
Section 54-102m. - DNA Data Bank Oversight Panel. - (a) There is established a DNA Data Bank Oversight Panel...
Section 54-102r. - Registration of persons convicted of sexual assault upon release from correctional facility or completion or termination of probation. - Section 54-102r is repealed, effective October 1, 1998. (P.A. 94-246,...
Section 54-102aa. - Tuberculosis testing: Definitions. Requirements. - (a) As used in this part: (1) “Active tuberculosis” has...
Section 54-102bb. - Procedures for evaluation of tuberculosis infection. - In facilities operated by the Department of Correction, the medical...
Section 54-102cc. - Tuberculosis infection control committee. - (a) The Department of Correction shall establish a tuberculosis infection...
Section 54-102dd. - Inmates with infectious tuberculosis required to be isolated. Persons exposed encouraged to be tested. - (a) Any inmate found to have evidence of infectious tuberculosis...
Section 54-102ee. - Department contract option for testing of tuberculosis. - The Department of Correction may enter into a contract agreement...
Section 54-102jj. - Preservation of biological evidence. - (a) For the purposes of this section and section 54-102kk:...
Section 54-102kk. - DNA testing of biological evidence. - (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law governing postconviction relief,...
Section 54-102pp. - Review of wrongful convictions. - Section 54-102pp is repealed, effective October 1, 2014. (P.A. 03-242,...
Section 54-102uu. - Compensation for wrongful incarceration. - (a) A person is eligible to receive compensation for wrongful...
Section 54-103. - Commission on Adult Probation. - Section 54-103 is repealed. (1955, S. 3331d; 1971, P.A. 259,...
Section 54-103a. - Office of Adult Probation. - Section 54-103a is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 77-614,...
Section 54-103b. - Services for probation referrals. Duties of Court Support Services Division. Contractual services and alternative incarceration program. - The Court Support Services Division shall implement liaison with local...
Section 54-104. - Appointment of Director of Probation and probation officers. Qualifying examinations. - Section 54-104 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...
Section 54-105. - Duties of executive director of Court Support Services Division re probation. Intensive probation program. Community service program. Caseload limitation. - (a) The executive director of the Court Support Services Division...
Section 54-105a. - (Note: This section is repealed, effective October 1, 2022.) Funds for the probation transition program and technical violation units. - For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, and each...
Section 54-106 and 54-107. - General Assembly to provide for expenses; central office; quarters. Appointment of probation officers. - Sections 54-106 and 54-107 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002....
Section 54-108. - Duties of probation officers. - (a) Probation officers shall investigate all cases referred to them...
Section 54-108a. - Supervision of probationers. - Section 54-108a is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 98-38;...
Section 54-108b. - Risk assessment and monitoring standards developed by Chief Court Administrator. - The Chief Court Administrator shall develop a system to accurately...
Section 54-108c. - Availability of information on outstanding arrest warrants for probation violations. - The Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch shall...
Section 54-108d. - Authority of probation officers to detain certain persons, seize contraband and act as member of fugitive task force. - (a) A probation officer may, in the performance of his...
Section 54-108e. - Duties of probation officers. Availability of information contained in alternative sentencing plan or community release plan. - (a) Probation officers shall provide intensive pretrial supervision services, in...
Section 54-108f. - Issuance of certificate of rehabilitation by Court Support Services Division. Modification or revocation. - (a) The Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch...
Section 54-108g. - Prohibition against disclosure of personal information of probation officers to certain individuals under the Freedom of Information Act. - Any personal information of a current or former probation officer...
Section 54-110 to 54-119. - Report on person with prior conviction. Restitution investigation and report. Information to be included in report. Appointment of restitution specialists and other personnel. Optional treatment of person found guilty of c... - Sections 54-110 to 54-119, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 54-121. - Indeterminate sentence. - Section 54-121 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8825; 1969, P.A....
Section 54-123. - Transportation of prisoner discharged from jail. - Section 54-123 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8824; 1959, P.A....
Section 54-123a. - Judicial Department duties re alternative sanctions and incarceration programs. - The Judicial Department shall: (1) Oversee and coordinate the implementation...
Section 54-123b and 54-123c. - Advisory committee concerning adult offenders. Advisory committee concerning juvenile offenders. - Sections 54-123b and 54-123c are repealed, effective October 1, 2003....
Section 54-123d. - Establishment of alternative incarceration center providing mental health services. - (a) The Judicial Branch may establish, within available appropriations, in...
Section 54-124. - Board of Parole. Appointment and duties of executive secretary. - Section 54-124 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 461, S. 1, 2;...
Section 54-124a. - Board of Pardons and Paroles. - (a)(1) There shall be a Board of Pardons and Paroles...
Section 54-124b. - Caseload of parole officers. - The chairman of the Board of Pardons and Paroles, in...
Section 54-124c. - Responsibility of the Department of Correction for supervision of persons released from confinement. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Department of...
Section 54-124d. - Criminal history records check of Board of Parole personnel. - Section 54-124d is repealed, effective June 14, 2004. (P.A. 01-175,...
Section 54-124e. - Board of Pardons and Paroles as successor department to Board of Pardons and Board of Parole. - (a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall be a...
Section 54-125. - Parole of prisoner serving indeterminate sentence. - Any person confined for an indeterminate sentence, after having been...
Section 54-125a. - Parole of inmate serving sentence of more than two years. Eligibility. Hearing to determine suitability for parole release of certain inmates. - (a) A person convicted of one or more crimes who...
Section 54-125b. - Parole of prisoner after administrative review without a hearing. - Section 54-125b is repealed, effective July 1, 2008. (P.A. 93-219,...
Section 54-125c. - Sexual offender treatment as precondition for parole hearing. - The Board of Pardons and Paroles, within available appropriations, may...
Section 54-125d. - Deportation parole of aliens. - (a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall enter into...
Section 54-125e. - Special parole. Conditions. Duration. Violation. Hearing. Disposition. - (a) Any person convicted of a crime committed on or...
Section 54-125f. - Pilot zero-tolerance drug supervision program. - (a) Not later than October 1, 1998, the chairman of...
Section 54-125g. - Parole of prisoner nearing end of maximum sentence. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 18-100d, 54-124c and 54-125a, any...
Section 54-125h. - Transfer of prisoner granted parole and nearing parole release date. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 54-125a, the chairperson of the...
Section 54-125i. - Parole of prisoner without a hearing. - (a) An inmate (1) not convicted of a crime for...
Section 54-125j. - Reporting re outcomes of parole revocation hearings. - Not later than January 1, 2021, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 54-125k. - Legal cannabis use or possession not grounds for revocation of parole, special parole or probation. Exception. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 54-126. - Rules and regulations concerning parole. Enforcement. - Said Board of Pardons and Paroles may establish such rules...
Section 54-126a. - Testimony of crime victim at parole hearing. Notification to victim. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “victim” means a...
Section 54-127. - Rearrest. - The request of the Commissioner of Correction or any officer...
Section 54-127a. - Parole revocation and rescission hearings. - All parole revocation and rescission hearings shall be conducted by...
Section 54-128. - Period of confinement in correctional institution after parole violation. - (a) Any paroled inmate who has been returned to any...
Section 54-129. - Discharge of paroled prisoner. - (a) If it appears to the appropriate panel of the...
Section 54-129a. - Termination of special parole determination. Notification to victim. Statement of victim. - Prior to the Board of Pardons and Paroles terminating a...
Section 54-130. - State Prison for Women not covered. - Section 54-130 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 461, S. 7; 1967,...
Section 54-130a. (Formerly Sec. 18-26). - Jurisdiction and authority of board to grant commutations of punishment, releases, pardons and certificates of rehabilitation. - (a) Jurisdiction over the granting of, and the authority to...
Section 54-130a. (Formerly Sec. 18-26). *(See end of section for - Jurisdiction and authority of board to grant commutations of punishment, releases, pardons and certificates of rehabilitation. - (a) Jurisdiction over the granting of, and the authority to...
Section 54-130b. (Formerly Sec. 18-26a). - Commutation of punishment and deportation of inmates who are aliens. - (a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall enter into...
Section 54-130c. (Formerly Sec. 18-30). - Information about prisoner. - Said board may institute inquiries by correspondence or otherwise as...
Section 54-130d. (Formerly Sec. 18-27a). - Testimony of crime victim at session of board. Notification of Office of Victim Services of board's action. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “victim” means a...
Section 54-130e. - Provisional pardons. Certificates of rehabilitation. - (a) For the purposes of this section and sections 31-51i,...
Section 54-130f. - Pardon eligibility notice. - Not later than January 1, 2016, the Board of Pardons...
Section 54-130g. - Pardon for violation of certain provisions of section 53a-61aa or 53a-62. Criteria. - The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall grant an absolute...
Section 54-131. - Employment of paroled or discharged prisoners. Interviews. - Community Partners in Action and the Commissioner of Correction shall...
Section 54-131a. - Release of inmate on medical parole. - The Board of Pardons and Paroles may determine, in accordance...
Section 54-131b. - Eligibility for medical parole. - The Board of Pardons and Paroles may release on medical...
Section 54-131c. - Medical diagnosis. - A diagnosis that an inmate is suffering from a terminal...
Section 54-131d. - Conditions of release on medical parole. - (a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles shall require as...
Section 54-131e. - Requests for medical diagnosis. - A request for a medical diagnosis in order to determine...
Section 54-131f. - Special panel. Emergency review. - The Board of Pardons and Paroles may appoint a special...
Section 54-131g. - Effect on parole or other release. - The provisions of sections 54-131a to 54-131f, inclusive, shall not...
Section 54-131k. - Compassionate parole release. - (a) The Board of Pardons and Paroles may grant a...
Section 54-132. - Definitions. - Section 54-132 is repealed, effective June 19, 2002.* (1951, S....
Section 54-133. - Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. - The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision is hereby enacted...
Section 54-133a. - Motor vehicle violation deemed a criminal offense for purposes of Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision. - For the purposes of section 54-133, a motor vehicle violation...
Section 54-134 to 54-138b. - Designation of “Compact Institutions”. Transfers to other correctional institutions. Incarceration in receiving state not to affect rights in sending state. Reimbursement for expenses. Ratification; regulations. Retaking... - Sections 54-134 to 54-138b, inclusive, are repealed, effective June 19,...
Section 54-142. - Destruction of notes received for unpaid fines. - Section 54-142 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8823; 1963, P.A....
Chapter 961a - Criminal Records
Section 54-142a. (Formerly Sec. 54-90). - Erasure of criminal records. - (a) Whenever in any criminal case, on or after October...
Section 54-142a. (Formerly Sec. 54-90). *(See end of section for - Erasure of criminal records. - (a) Whenever in any criminal case, on or after October...
Section 54-142b. (Formerly Sec. 54-90a). - Erasure of record of girl found guilty of being in manifest danger. - Any person who has been found guilty under section 17-379...
Section 54-142c. - Disclosure of erased records. - (a) The clerk of the court or any person charged...
Section 54-142d. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Destruction of record of decriminalized offense. - Whenever any person has been convicted of an offense in...
Section 54-142e. - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Duty of consumer reporting agency to update and delete erased criminal records. Judicial Department to make available information to identify erased records. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (e) of section 54-142a...
Section 54-142f. - Council on the Collateral Consequences of a Criminal Record. Established. Membership. Chairpersons. Administrative staff. Report. - (a) There is established a Council on the Collateral Consequences...
Section 54-142g. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (b) and effective date.) Definitions. - For purposes of this part and sections 29-11 and 54-142c,...
Section 54-142h. - Data collection; audit; maintenance of records and log. - (a) All criminal justice agencies that collect, store or disseminate...
Section 54-142i. - Duties of criminal justice agencies re collection, storage and dissemination of criminal history record information. - All criminal justice agencies which collect, store or disseminate criminal...
Section 54-142j. - Adoption of regulations and procedures. - The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall adopt...
Section 54-142k. - *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (d) and effective date.) Availability of conviction information and nonconviction information. - (a) Each person or agency holding conviction information or nonconviction...
Section 54-142l. - Challenge to completeness or accuracy of record. - (a) A person may challenge the completeness and accuracy of...
Section 54-142m. - Disclosure of nonconviction information by criminal justice agency. - (a) A criminal justice agency holding nonconviction information may disclose...
Section 54-142n. - Further provisions for disclosure of nonconviction information. - Nonconviction information other than erased information may be disclosed only...
Section 54-142o. - Dissemination of nonconviction information to noncriminal justice agencies. - (a) Nonconviction information disseminated to noncriminal justice agencies shall be...
Section 54-142p. - Letter of criminal record or no criminal record to enter United States or foreign nation. - (a) Any criminal justice agency may furnish criminal history record...
Section 54-142q. - Criminal Justice Information System Governing Board. Membership. Duties and responsibilities. Access to information. - (a) As used in this section, (1) “governing board” means...
Section 54-142r. - Availability of data in criminal justice information system. Procedures for obtaining data. - (a) Any data in a criminal justice information system, as...
Section 54-142s. - State-wide information technology system for sharing of criminal justice information. - (a) The Criminal Justice Information System Governing Board shall design...
Section 54-142t. - (Note: This section is effective January 1, 2023.) Automated process for erasure of criminal records. - (a) The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, in...
Section 54-142u. - (Note: This section is effective January 1, 2023.) Automatic erasure of record of person for certain cannabis possession convictions. - (a) Whenever on or after January 1, 2000, but prior...
Section 54-142v. - (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2022.) Erasure of record of person for certain cannabis convictions for possession, possession or use of paraphernalia or manufacture or for distribution, sale, prescription, administration... - (a)(1) Any person who has been convicted in any court...
Chapter 962 - Costs, Fees and Expenses in Criminal Proceedings or Prosecutions
Section 54-143. - Costs imposed in prosecutions. - (a) A cost of twenty dollars shall be imposed against...
Section 54-143a. - Cost imposed for infractions and certain motor vehicle violations. - A cost of twenty dollars shall be imposed against any...
Section 54-143b. - Forfeited bonds for motor vehicle violations. - The total amount of any forfeited bond for a motor...
Section 54-143c. - Additional fine for sexual assault offenses. - In addition to any fine, fee or cost that may...
Section 54-144. - Payment of expenses. - Any expenses necessarily incurred in any criminal proceeding or prosecution,...
Section 54-145 and 54-146. - Refunds to clerk of municipal court or to town treasurer. Report to clerk or town treasurer. - Sections 54-145 and 54-146 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8844,...
Section 54-147. - Rules for payment of expenses. Waiver of fee or cost. - (a) The judges of the Superior Court may establish rules,...
Section 54-148. - Support of prisoners after sentence. - The support of prisoners in community correctional centers, sentenced to...
Section 54-149. - Payment for board of prisoners. - Section 54-149 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8849; 1959, P.A....
Section 54-150. - Compensation of physicians. - Physicians shall receive a reasonable compensation for services rendered in...
Section 54-151. - Cost of transcript and printing on appeal. - In any appeal in a criminal action, where it appears...
Section 54-152. - Allowance to witnesses from another state in criminal prosecutions. - When, in any criminal prosecution, it is necessary to obtain...
Section 54-153. - Where witnesses for accused paid by state. - The court before which any criminal prosecution is pending may...
Section 54-154. - Taxing expenses in search and seizure cases. - In any case in which the statutes provide for a...
Section 54-155. - Expenses of requisitions of fugitives. - When a requisition is made by the governor upon the...
Section 54-155a. - Prohibition on use of public resources in furtherance of interstate investigation or proceeding concerning the provision, seeking or receipt of or assistance with reproductive health care services. - No public agency, as defined in section 1-200, or employee,...
Section 54-155b. - Prohibition on use of public resources in furtherance of interstate investigation or proceeding concerning the provision, seeking or receipt of or assistance with reproductive health care services or gender-affirming health care se... - No public agency, as defined in section 1-200, or employee,...
Chapter 963 - Fresh Pursuit
Section 54-156. - Pursuit of suspected criminals. - (a) Any member of a duly organized state, county or...
Chapter 964 - Uniform Criminal Extradition Act
Section 54-157. - Definitions. - Where appearing in this chapter, the term “Governor” includes any...
Section 54-158. - Governor's duty to arrest and deliver up fugitive. - Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of...
Section 54-159. - Requirements for recognition of extradition demand. - No demand for the extradition of a person charged with...
Section 54-160. - State's attorney and prosecuting attorney to assist Governor. - When a demand is made upon the Governor of this...
Section 54-161. - Return to this state of person imprisoned or held in another state. - When it is desired to have returned to this state...
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...
Section 54-163. - Arrest warrant signed by Governor. - If the Governor decides that the demand should be complied...
Section 54-164. - Authorization under warrant. - Such warrant shall authorize the peace officer or other person...
Section 54-165. - Power of arresting officer. - Every such officer or other person empowered to make the...
Section 54-166. - Appearance of accused in court. Habeas corpus. - No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered over...
Section 54-167. - Penalty for failure of officer to present accused in court. - Any officer who delivers to the agent for extradition of...
Section 54-168. - Confinement, when. - The officer or person executing the Governor's warrant of arrest,...
Section 54-169. - Arrest warrant of judge. - Whenever any person within this state is charged on the...
Section 54-170. - Arrest without warrant. - The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also...
Section 54-171. - Commitment pending Governor's warrant. - If from the examination before the judge it appears that...
Section 54-172. - Allowance and conditions of bail bond. - Unless the offense with which the prisoner is charged is...
Section 54-173. - Discharge or recommitment after expiration of period specified in warrant or bond. - If the accused is not arrested under warrant of the...
Section 54-174. - Forfeiture of bond. - If the prisoner is admitted to bail, and fails to...
Section 54-175. - Surrender of person against whom criminal prosecution pending in this state. - If a criminal prosecution has been instituted against such person...
Section 54-176. - Governor not to inquire into guilt or innocence of accused. - The guilt or innocence of the accused as to the...
Section 54-177. - Recall or new issuance of Governor's warrant. - The Governor may recall his warrant of arrest or may...
Section 54-178. - Governor seeking extradition to issue warrant to agent to receive accused. - Whenever the Governor of this state demands a person charged...
Section 54-179. - Application by state's attorney, Board of Pardons and Paroles or Correction Commissioner for return of accused. - (a) When the return to this state of a person...
Section 54-180. - Immunity of accused to process in civil action arising from same facts. - A person brought into this state by, or after waiver...
Section 54-181. - Waiver by accused. - Any person arrested in this state charged with having committed...
Section 54-182. - State's rights not waived. - Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to constitute...
Section 54-183. - Trial for crimes other than those specified in extradition requisition. - After a person has been brought back to this state...
Section 54-184. - Interpretation of chapter. - The provisions of this chapter shall be so interpreted and...
Section 54-185. - Short title: Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. - This chapter may be cited as the “Uniform Criminal Extradition...
Chapter 965 - Detainers
Section 54-186. - Agreement on Detainers. - The Agreement on Detainers is hereby entered into by this...
Section 54-187. - Agreement on Detainers: Appropriate court defined. - The phrase “appropriate court” as used in the Agreement on...
Section 54-188. - Agreement on Detainers: Enforcement of agreement. - All courts, departments, agencies, officers and employees of the state...
Section 54-189. - Agreement on Detainers: Second or subsequent offense penalty not applicable. - Nothing in this chapter or in the Agreement on Detainers...
Section 54-190. - Agreement on Detainers: Penalty for escape while in another state. - Any person who escapes or attempts to escape from custody...
Section 54-191. - Agreement on Detainers: Warden to surrender inmate. - The warden or other official in charge of any correctional...
Section 54-192. - Agreement on Detainers: Commissioner of Correction to make rules and regulations. - The Commissioner of Correction is designated as the officer provided...
Section 54-192h. - Civil immigration detainers. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Administrative warrant”...
Chapter 966 - Limitation of Prosecutions
Section 54-193. - Limitation of prosecution for certain violations or offenses. - (a) There shall be no limitation of time within which...
Section 54-193a. - Limitation of prosecution for offenses involving sexual abuse of minor. - Section 54-193a is repealed, effective October 1, 2019. (P.A. 90-279,...
Section 54-193b. - Limitation of prosecution for sexual assault offenses when DNA evidence available. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 54-193, there shall be no...
Chapter 967 - General Provisions
Section 54-194. - Effect of the repeal of a criminal statute. - The repeal of any statute defining or prescribing the punishment...
Section 54-195. - Penalty when no penalty provided. - Any person who is convicted of a violation of any...
Section 54-196 to 54-198. - Accessories. Conspiracy. Attempt to commit statutory crime. - Sections 54-196 to 54-198, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....
Section 54-199. - Parent or guardian to accompany minor in court. Representatives of commissioner. - Whenever any minor charged with the commission of an offense...
Section 54-200. - When acquittal or conviction not a bar to further complaint. - No acquittal or conviction for any criminal offense, had upon...
Chapter 968 - Victim Services
Section 54-201. - Definitions. - As used in sections 54-201 to 54-235, inclusive: (1) “Victim”...
Section 54-202. - Compensation commissioners; appointment; Chief Victim Compensation Commissioner; temporary victim compensation commissioners; compensation. - (a) On or before July 1, 1993, the Governor shall...
Section 54-202a. - Executive director. Appointment; term; salary; duties. Deputy director of compensation. Deputy director of victim services. - Section 54-202a is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 92-153,...
Section 54-203. - Office of Victim Services established. Powers and duties. - (a) There is established an Office of Victim Services within...
Section 54-204. - Application for compensation services. Report and examination. Confidential information. - (a) Any person who may be eligible for compensation pursuant...
Section 54-205. - Evaluation of application. Determination. Request for review by compensation commissioner. - (a) Upon application made under the provisions of sections 54-201...
Section 54-205a. - Discontinuance of debt collection efforts upon receipt of notice of pending claim from Office of Victim Services. - If at any point in the debt collection process, whether...
Section 54-206. - Payment of attorneys as part of order. Payment of providers by attorney representing the victim. - (a) The Office of Victim Services or, on review, a...
Section 54-207. - Regulations to prescribe procedures. - Section 54-207 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 78-261,...
Section 54-207a. - Chief Court Administrator to prescribe policies and procedures. - The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall prescribe such...
Section 54-208. - Order of payment of compensation. Criminal intent. Circumstances considered. Prosecution not necessary. Amount and manner of payments. Unclaimed award. - (a) If a person suffers a personal injury or is...
Section 54-209. - When compensation may be ordered. Order inadmissible in civil or criminal proceeding. - (a) The Office of Victim Services or, on review, a...
Section 54-210. - Compensation ordered for expenses, loss of earnings, pecuniary loss and other losses. - (a) The Office of Victim Services or a victim compensation...
Section 54-211. - Time limitation on filing application for compensation. Restrictions on award of compensation. Amount of compensation. - (a)(1) No order for the payment of compensation shall be...
Section 54-211a. - Appeal. - Any applicant aggrieved by an order or decision of a...
Section 54-212. - Office of Victim Services to have subrogated cause of action against person responsible for crime. - (a) Whenever an order for the payment of compensation for...
Section 54-213. - Award not subject to execution or attachment. - No award made pursuant to sections 54-201 to 54-218, inclusive,...
Section 54-214. - Annual report to legislature and to appropriations committee. - Section 54-214 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 78-261,...
Section 54-215. - Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund. - (a) The Office of Victim Services shall establish a Criminal...
Section 54-216. - Payment for services. - (a) The Office of Victim Services or, on review, a...
Section 54-217. - Expedited processing of a claim. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 54-204 and 54-205, if based...
Section 54-218. - Profits derived as result of crime of violence. Recovery of money judgment by victim. Payment to Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund. - (a) Any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other legal...
Section 54-219. - Victim Services Technical Assistance Fund. - Section 54-219 is repealed. (P.A. 85-609, S. 3; P.A. 88-185,...
Section 54-220. - Victim advocates. Responsibilities and duties. Access to police reports. - (a) Victim advocates shall have the following responsibilities and duties:...
Section 54-220a. - Assignment of victim advocates to assist victims before Board of Pardons and Paroles. - The Office of Victim Services shall assign two victim advocates...
Section 54-221. - Appointment of advocates for victims of crime by court. - Section 54-221 is repealed, effective October 1, 2010. (P.A. 85-538,...
Section 54-222. - Brochure re rights of victims and victim services. Notice concerning services for victims of human trafficking. - (a) The Office of the Chief Court Administrator shall develop...
Section 54-222a. - Duty of peace officer regarding crime victim. Regulations. - (a) Whenever a peace officer determines that a crime has...
Section 54-223. - Failure to afford rights to victim shall not constitute grounds for vacating conviction or voiding sentence or parole determination. - Failure to afford the victim of a crime any of...
Section 54-224. - Liability of state re failure to afford rights to victim. - Except as provided in subsection (f) of section 46b-38b, the...
Section 54-225. - Voluntary program for lawyers for protection of persons injured in person or property by civil wrong. - Section 54-225 is repealed, effective October 1, 2017. (P.A. 87-514,...
Section 54-226. - Definitions. - For the purposes of sections 54-226 to 54-231, inclusive, “furlough”...
Section 54-227. - Notification of Office of Victim Services and Victim Services Unit within Department of Correction by inmate or sexual offender seeking release or other relief. - (a) Any inmate who makes an application to the Board...
Section 54-228. - Request by victim, immediate family member of victim or family member of inmate for notification. - (a) Any victim of a crime, any member of the...
Section 54-229. - Request by prosecuting authority for notification. - Any state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or deputy assistant state's...
Section 54-230. - Notification of victims and other persons by Office of Victim Services when inmate or sexual offender seeks release or other relief or is released from a correctional institution. - (a) Upon receipt of notice from an inmate pursuant to...
Section 54-230a. - Notification of victims and other persons by Department of Correction when inmate or sexual offender seeks release or other relief. - (a) Upon receipt of notice from an inmate pursuant to...
Section 54-231. - Notification of Office of Victim Services by Department of Correction upon release of inmate. Access to criminal history record information. - The Department of Correction shall notify the Office of Victim...
Section 54-232. - Disposition of requests for notification received prior to April 1, 1992. - Section 54-232 is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (P.A. 91-389,...
Section 54-233. - Compensation of victim of tort occurring prior to July 1, 1993. - Section 54-233 is repealed, effective October 1, 2017. (P.A. 93-310,...
Section 54-234. - Development of response system for victims of offense of trafficking in persons. Contracts. - (a) The Office of Victim Services within the Judicial Department...