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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 - Section 54-77a is repealed.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 - Sections 54-80 to 54-81b, inclusive, are repealed.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 - Section 54-82a is repealed.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....