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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 - Sections 54-42 to 54-44, inclusive, are repealed.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 - Section 54-47 is repealed.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....