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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960 - Information, Procedure and Bail › Section 54-73. - Collection and disposition of forfeitures.

The state's attorney in the judicial district in which any forfeiture to the state accrues shall collect and pay it to the State Treasurer; and, if in the opinion of the court the plaintiff is an improper person to collect it, a separate execution may be issued in favor of the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 8773; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 81; P.A. 73-116, S. 5; 73-667, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-280, S. 2, 127.)
History: 1959 act deleted provision for forfeiture to county, county government having been abolished; P.A. 73-116 added reference to judicial districts; P.A. 73-667 changed effective date of P.A. 73-116 from October 1, 1973, to April 25, 1973; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties.
Cited. 222 C. 331.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960 - Information, Procedure and Bail › Section 54-74. - Remission of fine.

Any judge of the Superior Court may remit any fine, if in his judgment such course will tend to the reformation of offenders or the furtherance of the ends of justice.
(1949 Rev., S. 8740; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 154; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 68; P.A. 74-183, S. 149, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 550, 681.)
History: 1959 act substituted circuit court for trial justice or municipal court; 1963 act removed common pleas court from purview of section; P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 removed court of common pleas from purview of section, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, effective July 1, 1978.
Cited. 222 C. 331; 231 C. 514.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960 - Information, Procedure and Bail › Section 54-75. - Employment of detectives.

Section 54-75 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 8783; 1953, S. 3325d; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 73; 1967, P.A. 260; P.A. 73-122, S. 26, 27.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960 - Information, Procedure and Bail › Section 54-76a. - Procedure at hearing in probable cause.

Section 54-76a is repealed.
(1959, P.A. 548; February, 1965, P.A. 321; P.A. 76-336, S. 5; P.A. 78-280, S. 126, 127; 78-331, S. 54, 58.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960a - Youthful Offenders › Section 54-76e. - Trial to determine youthful offender status.

If the defendant enters a plea of “not guilty” or if the court on its own motion so directs, the defendant shall be tried for the purpose of determining whether he shall be adjudged a youthful offender. The trial shall be held by the court without a jury.
(1971, P.A. 72, S. 4.)
Cited. 173 C. 414; 179 C. 98; 192 C. 85.
Cited. 8 CA 607.
Cited. 30 CS 71; 37 CS 755.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960a - Youthful Offenders › Section 54-76f. - Statements of defendant inadmissible.

No statement, admission or confession made by the defendant to the court or to any person designated by the court to conduct the examinations, investigation and questioning referred to in section 54-76d shall ever be admissible as evidence against him or his interest, except that the court may take such statement, admission or confession into consideration at the time of sentencing such defendant, if the defendant has been adjudged a youthful offender, or has been found guilty of the crime charged in the information or complaint upon which the proceedings hereunder were based, or any subsequent crime.
(1971, P.A. 72, S. 5.)
Cited. 173 C. 414.
Cited. 30 CS 71.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960a - Youthful Offenders › Section 54-76g. - Judgment of youthful offender status.

If the defendant enters a plea of guilty to the charge of being a youthful offender or if, after trial, the court finds that he committed the acts charged against him in the information or complaint, the court shall adjudge the defendant to be a youthful offender and the information or complaint shall be considered a nullity and of no force or effect.
(1971, P.A. 72, S. 6.)
Cited. 173 C. 414; 179 C. 98; 190 C. 715.
Cited. 8 CA 607; 21 CA 645.
Cited. 30 CS 71.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960a - Youthful Offenders › 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 sections 54-76b to 54-76n, inclusive, shall be private and shall be conducted in such parts of the courthouse or the building wherein court is located as shall be separate and apart from the other parts of the court which are then being held for proceedings pertaining to adults charged with crimes. If the defendant is committed while any examination and investigation under section 54-76d is pending, before trial, during trial or after judgment and before sentence, those persons in charge of the place of detention shall segregate the defendant, to the extent of their facilities, from defendants over the age of eighteen years charged with crime.
(b) In a proceeding under sections 54-76b to 54-76n, inclusive, the court shall not exclude any victim from such proceeding or any portion thereof unless, after hearing from the parties and the victim and for good cause shown, which shall be clearly and specifically stated on the record, the court orders otherwise. For the purposes of this subsection, “victim” means a person who is the victim of a crime for which a youth is charged, a parent or guardian of such person, the legal representative of such person or a victim advocate for such person under section 54-220.
(1971, P.A. 72, S. 7; P.A. 05-169, S. 2; 05-232, S. 4; P.A. 10-43, S. 33.)
History: P.A. 05-169 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), made technical changes therein and added Subsec. (b) re presence of victim at proceeding; P.A. 05-232 deleted exception for proceedings on motion under Sec. 54-76c, added reference to investigation under Sec. 54-76d and made technical changes, effective January 1, 2006; P.A. 10-43 amended Subsec. (b) to replace “an advocate appointed for such person pursuant to section 54-221” with “a victim advocate for such person under section 54-220”.
Cited. 173 C. 414; 179 C. 98; 192 C. 85; 195 C. 303; 240 C. 743.
Presence of parents during testimony of their minor child as a witness should be allowed during youthful offender proceedings with instruction given as to requirement of secrecy; defendant's statutory right to privacy not absolute. 8 CA 607.
Cited. 30 CS 71; 38 CS 675.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960a - Youthful Offenders › Section 54-76i. - Court powers over person of defendant.

Pending and during the investigation, trial, adjudication or acquittal of the defendant, or any other proceedings under sections 54-76b to 54-76n, inclusive, the court having jurisdiction shall have the same powers over the person of the defendant as it would have in the case of an adult charged with crime.
(1971, P.A. 72, S. 8; P.A. 05-232, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 05-232 replaced provision re court to which recommendation for investigation has been made with provision re court having jurisdiction, effective January 1, 2006.
Cited. 173 C. 414.
Cited. 30 CS 71.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960a - Youthful Offenders › 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 54-76n, inclusive, shall operate as a disqualification of any youth subsequently to hold public office or public employment, or as a forfeiture of any right or privilege to receive any license granted by public authority and no youth shall be denominated a criminal by reason of such determination, nor shall such determination be deemed a conviction.
(1971, P.A. 72, S. 10.)
Cited. 173 C. 414; 196 C. 122; 240 C. 743.
Cited. 32 CA 687.
Cited. 30 CS 71.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960a - Youthful Offenders › Section 54-76m. - Age of defendant at time of crime controlling.

The age of the youthful offender at the time of the commission of the crime set forth in the information or complaint shall determine whether he is entitled to the benefits provided by sections 54-76b to 54-76n, inclusive, and the provisions thereof shall apply to crimes committed prior, as well as subsequent, to October 1, 1971.
(1971, P.A. 72, S. 12.)
Cited. 173 C. 414.
Cited. 30 CS 71.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960a - Youthful Offenders › Section 54-76n. - Application of criminal law.

The provisions of titles 53, 53a and 54, including the right of appeal, shall apply to sections 54-76b to 54-76m, inclusive, insofar as they are applicable and not inconsistent herewith.
(1971, P.A. 72, S. 13.)
Cited. 173 C. 414.
Cited. 30 CS 71.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960a - Youthful Offenders › Section 54-76o. - Erasure of police and court records of youthful offender.

Whenever any person has been adjudicated a youthful offender and has subsequently been discharged from the supervision of the court or from the care of any institution or agency to whom he has been committed by the court, all police and court records pertaining to such youthful offender shall be automatically erased when such person attains twenty-one years of age, provided such person has not subsequent to being adjudged a youthful offender been convicted of a felony, as defined in section 53a-25, prior to attaining such age. Youthful offender status shall not be deemed conviction of a crime for the purposes of this section. Upon the entry of such an erasure order, all references including arrest, complaint, referrals, petitions, reports and orders, shall be removed from all agency, official and institutional files. The persons in charge of such records shall not disclose to any person, except the subject of the record, upon submission of satisfactory proof of the subject's identity in accordance with guidelines prescribed by the Chief Court Administrator, information pertaining to the record so erased. No youth who has been the subject of such an erasure order shall be deemed to have been arrested ab initio, within the meaning of the general statutes, with respect to proceedings so erased. Copies of the erasure order shall be sent to all persons, agencies, officials or institutions known to have information pertaining to the proceedings affecting such youth.
(1972, P.A. 20, S. 1; P.A. 77-486, S. 3, 5; P.A. 92-115, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 77-486 replaced provision which had required erasure of records pertaining to youthful offenders upon receipt of petition filed by youths, their parents or guardians if two years have elapsed from date of discharge with new provisions requiring automatic erasure when offenders reach 21 if they have not subsequently been convicted of a felony and specifying that youthful offender status is not deemed to be conviction of a crime; P.A. 92-115 added provision that records may be disclosed to subject of the record, upon submission of proof of identity in accordance with guidelines prescribed by chief court administrator.
Cited. 173 C. 414; 179 C. 98; 183 C. 183; 192 C. 85; 240 C. 743.
Cited. 30 CS 71; 38 CS 675.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 960a - Youthful Offenders › Section 54-76q. - Statement of victim regarding plea agreement or sentence.

In a proceeding under sections 54-76b to 54-76n, inclusive, concerning the acceptance of a plea pursuant to a plea agreement entered into by a youth or the imposition of sentence upon such youth, the court shall permit any victim of the crime for which such youth is charged to submit a written statement for the record, or to appear before the court and make a statement for the record, regarding such plea agreement or sentence.
(P.A. 05-169, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › 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. 76-436, S. 664, 681; P.A. 77-576, S. 11, 65.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › 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. 3615, 8796; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 13; 1961, P.A. 564, S. 1–3; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 69, 70; February, 1965, P.A. 178, S. 1, 2; 218; 1967, P.A. 34, S. 1; 189; 622, S. 8; 1969, P.A. 655, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 121; 1972, P.A. 281, S. 22, 23; P.A. 73-116, S. 25, 26; 73-667, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-183, S. 150, 151, 291; 74-317, S. 12, 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-82b. - Right to trial by jury.

(a) The party accused in a criminal action in the Superior Court may demand a trial by jury of issues which are triable of right by a jury. There is no right to trial by jury in criminal actions where the maximum penalty is a fine of one hundred ninety-nine dollars or in any matter involving violations payable through the Centralized Infractions Bureau where the maximum penalty is a fine of five hundred dollars or less.
(b) In criminal proceedings the judge shall advise the accused of his right to trial by jury at the time he is put to plea and, if the accused does not then claim a jury, his right thereto shall be deemed waived, but if a judge acting on motion made by the accused within ten days after judgment finds that such waiver was made when the accused was not fully cognizant of his rights or when, in the opinion of the judge, the proper administration of justice requires it, the judge shall vacate the judgment and cause the proceeding to be set for jury trial.
(c) In any criminal trial by a jury, except as otherwise provided by law, such trial shall be by a jury of six.
(P.A. 80-313, S. 35; P.A. 86-227; P.A. 87-241; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 82, 117.)
History: P.A. 86-227 provided that “The party accused”, rather than “Any party”, may demand a jury trial and increased from $99 to $199 the maximum fine threshold for a jury trial; P.A. 87-241 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to maximum penalty of sentence of 30 days or penalty consisting of both fine and imprisonment; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that there is no right to trial by jury in any matter involving violations payable through the centralized infractions bureau where the maximum penalty is a fine of $500 or less.
See Sec. 51-180 re criminal terms and sessions of court.
See Sec. 51-180a re special session held when an accused is confined for want of bail.
Right to jury trial discussed. 188 C. 697. Cited. 190 C. 639; 191 C. 506; 197 C. 247; 198 C. 77; 201 C. 489; 205 C. 456; 222 C. 591; 223 C. 384; 225 C. 355; 226 C. 618.
Cited. 9 CA 255; 10 CA 692; 39 CA 702; 41 CA 454; 46 CA 486. When defendant knowingly, voluntarily and intelligently waives right to a jury trial and is subsequently charged with additional crimes, if defendant again elects to waive right to a jury trial, defendant cannot complain on appeal that election for a court trial to the additional charges was compromised. 145 CA 767.
Subsec. (a):
Statute does not violate right to trial by jury under federal or state constitutions. 5 CA 434. Cited. 12 CA 481; 14 CA 816.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › 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 period of time as provided in section 54-82c, no court of this state shall any longer have jurisdiction thereof, nor shall the untried indictment or information be of any further force or effect, and the court shall enter an order dismissing the same.
(1957, P.A. 551, S. 2; P.A. 80-313, S. 38.)
History: P.A. 80-313 added specific reference to Sec. 54-139 and made slight change in wording; Sec. 54-140 transferred to Sec. 54-82d in 1981 and reference to Sec. 54-139 revised to reflect its transfer as well.
Annotations to former section 54-140:
Period of time construed to run from completion of delivery of both request and supplemental information. 149 C. 250. Cited. 171 C. 487; 185 C. 118.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 194 C. 297; Id., 510; 197 C. 166; 198 C. 573. Failure to bring to trial within time limit prescribed by Sec. 54-82c may be waived; statute affects personal jurisdiction not subject matter jurisdiction. 202 C. 93. Cited. 221 C. 921; 224 C. 163.
Cited. 12 CA 1; 14 CA 244; 20 CA 205; 26 CA 698; 28 CA 195; 29 CA 694; 40 CA 757.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-82e. (Formerly Sec. 54-141). - Mentally ill person not covered.

The provisions of sections 54-82c and 54-82d shall not apply to any person adjudged to be mentally ill.
(1957, P.A. 551, S. 3.)
History: Sec. 54-141 transferred to Sec. 54-82e in 1981 and revised references to other sections within provisions as necessary to reflect their transfer.
Cited. 194 C. 297.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-82f. - Voir dire examination.

In any criminal action tried before a jury, either party shall have the right to examine, personally or by his counsel, each juror outside the presence of other prospective jurors as to his qualifications to sit as a juror in the action, or as to his interest, if any, in the subject matter of the action, or as to his relations with the parties thereto. If the judge before whom the examination is held is of the opinion from the examination that any juror would be unable to render a fair and impartial verdict, the juror shall be excused by the judge from any further service upon the panel, or in the action, as the judge determines. The right of such examination shall not be abridged by requiring questions to be put to any juror in writing and submitted in advance of the commencement of said action.
(P.A. 80-313, S. 39.)
Cited. 196 C. 667; 197 C. 314; 200 C. 586; 201 C. 125; 203 C. 506; 204 C. 156; Id., 377; 205 C. 61; 218 C. 309; 222 C. 1; 223 C. 299; 226 C. 237; Id., 618; 230 C. 385, see also 37 CA 801; 233 C. 215; Id., 813; 237 C. 238; Id., 454. Nothing in section requires trial court to permit a party to ascertain prospective jurors' views on specific evidence during voir dire. 269 C. 213. Trial court did not abuse its discretion by precluding defense counsel from asking venirepersons specifically about self-defense. 292 C. 656.
Cited. 10 CA 624; 16 CA 165; Id., 333; 26 CA 165; 30 CA 359; Id., 470; 31 CA 278; judgment reversed, see 230 C. 385, see also 37 CA 801; 38 CA 247; Id., 598; 40 CA 328; 46 CA 600. Purpose of voir dire. 49 CA 41. In a case concerning a male on male, or female on female, sexual assault, relevant questions to venirepersons that delve into prejudices, beliefs and attitudes toward homosexuality should be permitted, but questions relating to the issue of struggling with sexual identity are not permitted as such questions are unrelated to the issues in the case, are not based on undisputed facts and would test the prospective jurors' views of certain facts. 112 CA 694.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-82j. (Formerly Sec. 54-23). - Detention of witnesses. Warrant.

Upon the written complaint of any state's attorney addressed to the clerk of the superior court for the judicial district wherein such state's attorney resides, alleging (1) that a person named therein is or will be a material witness in a criminal proceeding then pending before or returnable to the superior court for such judicial district, and in which proceeding any person is or may be charged with an offense punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year, and (2) that the state's attorney believes that such witness is likely to disappear from the state, secrete himself or otherwise avoid the service of subpoena upon him, or refuse or fail to appear and attend in and before such superior court as a witness, when desired, the clerk or any assistant clerk of the court shall issue a warrant addressed to any proper officer or indifferent person, for the arrest of the person named as a witness, and directing that such person be forthwith brought before any judge of the superior court for such judicial district, for examination. The person serving the warrant shall bring the person so arrested before the judge for examination as soon as is reasonably possible and hold him subject to the further orders of the judge. The person serving the warrant shall also notify the state's attorney of such arrest and of the time and place of such examination.
(1949 Rev., S. 8760; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 144; February, 1965, P.A. 574, S. 44; P.A. 73-116, S. 20; 73-667, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-183, S. 135, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 527, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 80-313, S. 42.)
History: 1959 act substituted circuit court for trial justice or municipal court; 1965 act deleted obsolete provision for bringing arrested witness before common pleas court judge; P.A. 73-116 added references to judicial districts and substituted “Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers” for “State Prison”; P.A. 73-667 changed effective date of P.A. 73-116 from October 1, 1973, to April 25, 1973; P.A. 74-183 replaced circuit court with court of common pleas, reflecting reorganization of judicial system, effective December 31, 1974; P.A. 76-436 deleted reference to proceedings pending before common pleas court, reflecting transfer of all trial jurisdiction to superior court, and applied provisions to cases involving imprisonment for more than one year, deleting specific reference to imprisonment in Somers facility, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted references to counties; P.A. 80-313 made minor changes in wording but made no substantive changes; Sec. 54-23 transferred to Sec. 54-82j in 1981.
Cited. 5 CA 347.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › 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 of the Superior Court shall make such rules as they deem necessary to provide a procedure to assure a speedy trial for any person charged with a criminal offense on or after July 1, 1983. Such rules shall provide that (1) in any case in which a plea of not guilty is entered, the trial of a defendant charged in an information or indictment with the commission of a criminal offense shall commence within eighteen months from the filing date of the information or indictment or from the date of the arrest, whichever is later, except that when such defendant is incarcerated in a correctional institution of this state pending such trial and is not subject to the provisions of section 54-82c, the trial of such defendant shall commence within twelve months from the filing date of the information or indictment or from the date of the arrest, whichever is later; and (2) if a defendant is not brought to trial within the time limit set forth in subdivision (1) of this section and a trial is not commenced within thirty days of a motion for a speedy trial made by the defendant at any time after such time limit has passed, the information or indictment shall be dismissed. Such rules shall include provisions to identify periods of delay caused by the action of the defendant, or the defendant's inability to stand trial, to be excluded in computing the time limits set forth in subdivision (1) of this section.
(P.A. 82-349, S. 1, 4; P.A. 83-1, S. 1, 3; P.A. 07-217, S. 193.)
History: P.A. 82-349, S. 1, effective July 1, 1983; P.A. 83-1 made provisions applicable to person charged with criminal offense on or after July 1, 1983, effective March 24, 1983; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes, effective July 12, 2007.
Cited. 198 C. 542.
Cited. 3 CA 349; 5 CA 347; 12 CA 364.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-82s. - The Leroy Brown, Jr. and Karen Clarke Witness Protection Program.

The program of providing protective services to witnesses under sections 54-82t and 54-82u shall be known as the “The Leroy Brown, Jr. and Karen Clarke Witness Protection Program”.
(P.A. 99-247, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-82u. - Witness protection agreement.

(a) In order to receive protective services under section 54-82t, the witness shall enter into a written agreement with the Chief State's Attorney. The witness protection agreement shall be in writing and shall specify the responsibilities of the witness that establish the conditions for the Chief State's Attorney to provide protective services. The witness shall agree to all of the following:
(1) To testify in and provide information to all appropriate law enforcement officials concerning all appropriate proceedings;
(2) To refrain from committing any crime;
(3) To take all necessary steps to avoid detection by other persons of the facts concerning the protective services provided to the witness under section 54-82t;
(4) To comply with legal obligations and civil judgments against the witness;
(5) To cooperate with all reasonable requests of officers and employees of the state or any municipality who are providing protective services under section 54-82t;
(6) To designate another person to act as agent for service of process;
(7) To make a sworn statement of all outstanding legal obligations, including obligations concerning child custody and visitation;
(8) To disclose if the witness is on probation or parole and, if so, any conditions of probation or parole;
(9) To inform regularly the appropriate official of the witness's activities and current address; and
(10) To comply with any other lawful and appropriate conditions as determined by the Office of the Chief State's Attorney.
(b) The Chief State's Attorney shall not be liable for any condition in the witness protection agreement that cannot reasonably be met due to a witness committing a crime during participation in the program.
(P.A. 99-240, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › 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 death or life imprisonment without the possibility of release without the testimony of at least two witnesses, or that which is equivalent thereto.
(1949 Rev., S. 8799; P.A. 80-313, S. 47; P.A. 12-5, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 80-313 substituted “may” for “shall”; P.A. 12-5 added provision re crime punishable by life imprisonment without possibility of release, effective April 25, 2012.
Not necessary that there should be two witnesses to every material fact; true rule stated. 49 C. 385; 77 C. 274; 78 C. 18; 93 C. 246; 97 C. 465; 103 C. 467; 106 C. 705; 122 C. 533; 126 C. 57. Whether requirement is met is for the jury to say. 81 C. 27; 90 C. 126; 93 C. 246; 97 C. 465; 103 C. 467. Charge embodying rule approved. 97 C. 465. Cited. 123 C. 673. If testimony of one or more witnesses tends to prove that a murder has been committed, testimony of only one other witness implicating defendant is sufficient to satisfy statute. 139 C. 475. The proof of all the essential elements of a capital crime charged shall not depend upon the testimony of one witness. 142 C. 113. Cited. 147 C. 95. One witness may testify to some of the essential facts and another to the rest of the essential facts and the statute may be satisfied. Id., 194. Adoption of Wigmore definition of “corpus delicti”; previous cases defining “corpus delicti” overruled. 152 C. 15. Cited. 182 C. 511; 229 C. 125; 230 C. 183; 233 C. 813; 235 C. 206. Confession and independent circumstantial evidence satisfied the two witness rule. 251 C. 285. Death penalty unconstitutional under Art. I, Secs. 8 and 9 of Connecticut Constitution. 318 C. 1.
Evidentiary burden imposed by section is not constitutionally compelled. 121 CA 699.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-84a. - Testimony against spouse.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in any criminal proceeding, a person may elect or refuse to testify against his or her then lawful spouse.
(b) The testimony of a spouse may be compelled, in the same manner as for any other witness, in a criminal proceeding against the other spouse for (1) joint participation with the spouse in criminal conduct, (2) bodily injury, sexual assault or other violence attempted, committed or threatened upon the spouse, or (3) bodily injury, sexual assault, risk of injury pursuant to section 53-21, or other violence attempted, committed or threatened upon the minor child of either spouse, or any minor child in the care or custody of either spouse.
(P.A. 80-313, S. 45; P.A. 11-152, S. 14.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1993, obsolete reference to repealed Sec. 53-25 was deleted editorially by the Revisors); P.A. 11-152 replaced former provisions with Subsec. (a) authorizing person to elect or refuse to testify against then lawful spouse in any criminal proceeding and Subsec. (b) re when testimony of spouse may be compelled.
Cited. 199 C. 631; 211 C. 555. Section codifies adverse spousal testimony privilege, as distinguished from marital communications privilege, and the privilege belongs to the witness spouse and is meant to protect against impact of the testimony on the marriage. 267 C. 710.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-84b. - Testimony of spouse re confidential communications.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “confidential communication” means any oral or written communication made between spouses during a marriage that is intended to be confidential and is induced by the affection, confidence, loyalty and integrity of the marital relationship.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, in any criminal proceeding, a spouse shall not be (1) required to testify to a confidential communication made by one spouse to the other during the marriage, or (2) allowed to testify to a confidential communication made by one spouse to the other during the marriage, over the objection of the other spouse.
(c) The testimony of a spouse regarding a confidential communication may be compelled, in the same manner as for any other witness, in a criminal proceeding against the other spouse for (1) joint participation with the spouse in what was, at the time the communication was made, criminal conduct or conspiracy to commit a crime, (2) bodily injury, sexual assault or other violence attempted, committed or threatened upon the spouse, or (3) bodily injury, sexual assault, risk of injury pursuant to section 53-21, or other violence attempted, committed or threatened upon the minor child of either spouse, or any minor child in the care or custody of either spouse.
(P.A. 11-152, S. 15.)
Language in Subsec. (a) re “induced by the affection, confidence, loyalty and integrity of the marital relationship” adds a separate element to, and effectively narrows the scope of, the common-law marital communications privilege; statements must be brought about or caused by the affection, confidence, loyalty and integrity of the marital relationship, and therefore, statements made by defendant for the purpose of furthering extramarital affair and attempting to murder her husband did not fall within language of Subsec. (a). 320 C. 123.
“Induced by affection” requirement limits privilege to subset of those confidential statements made between spouses in a valid marriage which are induced by the affection, confidence, loyalty and integrity of the marital relationship. 153 CA 419; judgment affirmed, see 320 C. 123.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-85. - Witness to testify with regard to bribery at elections.

A person summoned as a witness to testify regarding bribery at any election shall not be excused from testifying because his evidence may tend to disgrace or criminate him, nor shall he thereafter be prosecuted for anything connected with the transaction about which he so testifies, nor shall the evidence he may so give be used against him in any proceeding.
(1949 Rev., S. 8801; P.A. 80-313, S. 46.)
History: P.A. 80-313 restated provisions but made no substantive changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-85a. - Sequestering of witnesses in criminal prosecution.

In any criminal prosecution, the court, upon motion of the state or the defendant, shall cause any witness to be sequestered during the hearing on any issue or motion or any part of the trial of such prosecution in which he is not testifying.
(1967, P.A. 498.)
Sequestration order merely prohibits sequestered witness from being present in courtroom when he is not testifying. 169 C. 322. Cited. Id., 428; 185 C. 211; 187 C. 6; 199 C. 62; 211 C. 672; 230 C. 591; 235 C. 711; 236 C. 112; 237 C. 284.
Cited. 11 CA 80; 13 CA 687; 16 CA 172; 20 CA 342; 21 CA 474; 32 CA 448; 33 CA 339; judgment reversed in part, see 232 C. 431; judgment reversed on issues of sufficiency of evidence and jury misconduct, see 235 C. 502; 34 CA 276; 38 CA 371. Scope of suppression order was not limited only to the suppression hearing and defendant did not establish that he had been prejudiced by police officers' discussion of their testimony with each other in the time between the hearing and the trial. 74 CA 802.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › 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 homicide victim” means the legal representative of a victim of a homicide or a member of such victim's immediate family selected by such family. In the event of a dispute, the court in its discretion may designate such representative.
(b) A representative of a homicide victim shall be entitled to be present at the trial or any proceeding concerning the prosecution of the defendant for the homicide, except that a judge may remove such representative from the trial or proceeding or any portion thereof for the same causes and in the same manner as the rules of court or provisions of the general statutes provide for the exclusion or removal of the defendant. No representative of a homicide victim may be excluded from the proceedings under this section without a hearing.
(c) The failure of a representative of a homicide victim to exercise any right granted by the provisions of this section shall not be cause or ground for an appeal of a conviction by a defendant or for any court to set aside, reverse or remand a criminal conviction.
(P.A. 88-278, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › 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 threaten or otherwise coerce such employee with respect thereto, because the employee, as a parent, spouse, child or sibling of a victim of homicide, or as a person designated by the victim in accordance with section 1-56r, attends court proceedings with respect to the criminal case of the person or persons charged with committing the crime that resulted in the death of the victim.
(P.A. 99-247, S. 2; P.A. 02-105, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 02-105 added a person designated by a victim pursuant to Sec. 1-56r to employees protected in attending court proceedings.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › 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 solely of a deceased victim prior to the date of the offense for which the defendant is being tried, that is a fair and accurate representation of the victim and is not of itself inflammatory in nature, may be shown to the jury during the opening and closing arguments by the prosecutor.
(P.A. 00-200, S. 4.)
Statute pertains only to the nonevidentiary presentation of an image of a deceased victim and contains no restriction on the admission into evidence of a photograph of a deceased victim; nor does it expressly abrogate or seek to supplant the rules of evidence adopted by the judiciary. 126 CA 239.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › 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 or member of the immediate family of a victim who is deceased shall be permitted to attend all court proceedings that are part of the court record.
(P.A. 00-200, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-85g. - Advisement to crime victims re constitutional rights by judge at arraignment.

In order to ensure that any victim coming before the court has been advised of the victim's constitutional rights, any judge of the Superior Court shall, at the daily commencement of the regular criminal docket at which accused persons are arraigned, issue the following advisement: “If you are a victim of a crime with a case pending before this court, you are advised that you have the right: (1) To be treated fairly and with respect throughout the criminal justice process; (2) to timely disposition of the case; (3) to be protected from the accused; (4) to be notified of and attend court proceedings; (5) to speak with the prosecutor; (6) to object or support any plea agreement; (7) to make a statement to the court before the court accepts a plea agreement and at sentencing; (8) to restitution; and (9) to information about the arrest, conviction, sentence, imprisonment and release of the accused”.
(P.A. 01-35.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-86. - Depositions.

(a) In any case involving an offense for which the punishment may be imprisonment for more than one year, the Superior Court or a judge thereof may, upon the application of the accused, or of the state in the case of a witness who is infirm and seventy-five years of age or older, order that the deposition of a witness shall be taken before a commissioner, judge or magistrate, to be designated by the court or judge, if it appears that his or her testimony will be required at trial and that, by reason of bodily infirmity, age or residence out of this state, he or she will be unable to testify at trial.
(b) Reasonable notice of the time when and place where the examination will be had and of the interrogatories to be propounded shall be given to the state's attorney or assistant state's attorney for the judicial district in which the prosecution is pending; and such attorney may, within such time as the court or judge limits, file with the clerk of the court additional interrogatories to be propounded to the witness to be examined.
(c) Depositions so taken, opened by and filed with the clerk within such time as the court or judge directs, may be used at trial.
(1949 Rev., S. 8802; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 71; P.A. 73-116, S. 27; 73-667, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-48; P.A. 75-567, S. 34, 80; P.A. 76-436, S. 476, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 80-313, S. 34; P.A. 21-102, S. 1.)
History: 1963 act updated statute, deleting provisions for court of common pleas and prosecuting attorney; P.A. 73-116 added reference to judicial districts; P.A. 73-667 changed effective date of P.A. 73-667 from October 1, 1973, to December 31, 1973; P.A. 74-48 amended section to include depositions in circuit court cases involving Class D felonies, adding reference to prosecuting attorneys and circuits; P.A. 75-567 deleted changes enacted by P.A. 74-48, except for reference to prosecuting attorneys, reflecting reorganization of judicial system in P.A. 74-183; P.A. 76-436 applied provisions to cases where punishment may be imprisonment for more than one year and substituted assistant state's attorneys for prosecuting attorneys, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; P.A. 80-313 divided section into Subsecs. and restated provisions; P.A. 21-102 amended Subsec. (a) to add provision re witness who is infirm and 75 years of age or older, add “, judge” re deposition and “, age” re reason for inability to testify at trial, and make technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-86b. - Right of accused to examine statements.

(a) In any criminal prosecution, after a witness called by the prosecution has testified on direct examination, the court shall on motion of the defendant order the prosecution to produce any statement oral or written of the witness in the possession of the prosecution which relates to the subject matter as to which the witness has testified, and the court shall order said statement to be delivered directly to the defendant for his examination and use.
(b) If the prosecution fails to comply with the order of the court, the court shall strike from the record the testimony of the witness and the trial shall proceed unless the court in its discretion shall determine that the interests of justice require that a mistrial be declared.
(1969, P.A. 680.)
Cited. 159 C. 264. Held unconstitutional, but assuming constitutional, procedure found to comply. 166 C. 593. Cited. 200 C. 323; 202 C. 259; 211 C. 555. Destruction of tapes discussed. 214 C. 161. Cited. 215 C. 257; 221 C. 300; 223 C. 731; 227 C. 641; 229 C. 716; 231 C. 195.
Cited 10 CA 103. Destruction of tapes held to be in bad faith; burden on state to show defendant not prejudiced. 14 CA 108. Cited. 20 CA 586; 25 CA 255; Id., 503; 29 CA 68; judgment reversed, see 227 C. 566; Id., 304; Id., 455; 32 CA 483; 46 CA 118; Id., 545.
Cited. 42 CS 10; Id., 291.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-86c. - Disclosure of exculpatory information or material.

(a) Not later than thirty days after any defendant enters a plea of not guilty in a criminal case, the state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or deputy assistant state's attorney in charge of the case shall disclose any exculpatory information or material which he may have with respect to the defendant whether or not a request has been made therefor. If prior to or during the trial of the case, the prosecutorial official discovers additional information or material which is exculpatory, he shall promptly disclose the information or material to the defendant.
(b) Any state's attorney, assistant state's attorney or deputy assistant state's attorney may request an ex parte in camera hearing before a judge, who shall not be the same judge who presides at the hearing of the criminal case if the case is tried to the court, to determine whether any material or information is exculpatory.
(c) Each peace officer, as defined in subdivision (9) of section 53a-3, shall disclose in writing any exculpatory information or material which he may have with respect to any criminal investigation to the prosecutorial official in charge of such case.
(P.A. 78-290, S. 1; P.A. 80-313, S. 33.)
History: P.A. 80-313 replaced “such” with “the” where appearing.
Cited. 184 C. 258; 189 C. 183; 191 C. 12; 194 C. 258; 197 C. 17; Id., 298; 198 C. 285; 199 C. 207; Id., 399; 201 C. 517; 206 C. 512; 209 C. 143; 212 C. 387; 221 C. 264; 229 C. 716.
Cited. 14 CA 586; 17 CA 525; 22 CA 329; 24 CA 57; Id., 195; 34 CA 58; judgment reversed, see 232 C. 537; 36 CA 417; 38 CA 777.
Cited. 36 CS 89; 42 CS 291. Police officer lied in investigation of incident and therefore violated public policy; arbitration panel, in reinstating the police officer, violated this public policy. 50 CS 180.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 54 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction › Section 54-86d. - Nondisclosure of address and telephone number by victims of certain crimes.

Any person who has been the victim of a sexual assault under section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-70c, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 53a-73a, voyeurism under section 53a-189a, or injury or risk of injury, or impairing of morals under section 53-21, or of an attempt thereof, or family violence, as defined in section 46b-38a, shall not be required to divulge his or her address or telephone number during any trial or pretrial evidentiary hearing arising from the sexual assault, voyeurism or injury or risk of injury to, or impairing of morals of, a child, or family violence; provided the judge presiding over such legal proceeding finds: (1) Such information is not material to the proceeding, (2) the identity of the victim has been satisfactorily established, and (3) the current address of the victim will be made available to the defense in the same manner and time as such information is made available to the defense for other criminal offenses.
(P.A. 81-448, S. 1; P.A. 82-472, S. 145, 183; P.A. 93-340, S. 9, 19; P.A. 15-211, S. 23; 15-213, S. 6; P.A. 17-87, S. 6; P.A. 18-75, S. 15; P.A. 19-189, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 82-472 made technical corrections; P.A. 93-340 amended Subdiv. (3) to require the judge to find that the current address of the victim “will be made available to the defense in the same manner and time as such information is made available to the defense for other criminal offenses” rather than “is made available to the defense”, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 15-211 added references to family violence, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 15-213 added references to voyeurism and made technical changes; P.A. 17-87 added reference to Sec. 53a-70b; P.A. 18-75 added reference to Sec. 53a-70c; P.A. 19-189 replaced “53a-70b,” with “section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or”.
Cited. 8 CA 387; 20 CA 115.
Cited. 42 CS 291.