Connecticut

Connecticut General Statutes — Title 54, Criminal Procedure

522 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 54-64g — Surveillance of serious felony offenders released on bond
• § 54-65 — Procedure when surety believes principal intends to abscond
• § 54-65a — Forfeiture of bond for failure to appear
• § 54-65b — Verification of rearrest warrant or capias upon request
• § 54-65c — Vacating forfeiture of bond
• § 54-66 — Acceptance and disposition of bail
• § 54-66a — Automatic termination of bail bonds
• § 54-67 — When attorneys not allowed to give bonds
• § 54-68 — Persons charged with gaming to give bonds
• § 54-69 — Motion of parties to modify conditions of release
• § 54-69a — Motion of bail commissioner or intake, assessment and referral specialist to modify conditions of release
• § 54-69b — Authority of court to modify conditions of release
• § 54-70 — Compromise of forfeited bonds
• § 54-71 — Mistake in form of recognizance
• § 54-71a — No civil liability for release
• § 54-72 — Fines and forfeitures; prosecutions; liability of corporation
• § 54-73 — Collection and disposition of forfeitures
• § 54-74 — Remission of fine
• § 54-75 — Employment of detectives
• § 54-76 — Transferred to Chapter 886,
• § 54-76a — Procedure at hearing in probable cause
• § 54-76b — Youthful offenders: Definitions; applicability of interstate compact
• § 54-76c — Eligibility to be adjudged a youthful offender
• § 54-76d — Investigations
• § 54-76e — Trial to determine youthful offender status
• § 54-76f — Statements of defendant inadmissible
• § 54-76g — Judgment of youthful offender status
• § 54-76h — Proceedings private
• § 54-76i — Court powers over person of defendant
• § 54-76j — Disposition upon adjudication as youthful offender
• § 54-76k — Determination of youthful offender status not to disqualify for office, license, etc
• § 54-76l — Records or other information of youth to be confidential
• § 54-76m — Age of defendant at time of crime controlling
• § 54-76n — Application of criminal law
• § 54-76o — Erasure of police and court records of youthful offender
• § 54-76p — Transferred to Chapter 960,
• § 54-76q — Statement of victim regarding plea agreement or sentence
• § 54-77 — Transferred to Chapter 890,
• § 54-77a — Establishing venue and selecting jurors for the town of Plymouth
• § 54-77b — Transferred to Chapter 890,
• § 54-78 — Transferred to Chapter 890,
• § 54-79 — Transferred Secs
• § 54-82 — Accused's election of trial by court or by jury
• § 54-82a — Test of insanity as defense
• § 54-82b — Right to trial by jury
• § 54-82c — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-82d — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-82e — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-82f — Voir dire examination
• § 54-82g — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-82h — Alternate jurors in criminal cases
• § 54-82i — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-82j — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-82k — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-82l — Rules re speedy trial to be adopted by judges of Superior Court effective July 1, 1983
• § 54-82m — Rules re speedy trial to be adopted by judges of Superior Court effective July 1, 1985
• § 54-82q — Temporary restraining order prohibiting harassment of witness
• § 54-82r — Protective order prohibiting harassment of witness
• § 54-82s — The Leroy Brown, Jr
• § 54-82t — Protective services for witness at risk of harm
• § 54-82u — Witness protection agreement
• § 54-83 — Testimony in case where crime is punishable by death or life imprisonment without possibility of release
• § 54-84 — Testimony or silence of accused
• § 54-84a — Testimony against spouse
• § 54-84b — Testimony of spouse re confidential communications
• § 54-85 — Witness to testify with regard to bribery at elections
• § 54-85a — Sequestering of witnesses in criminal prosecution
• § 54-85b — Employment protection for witnesses and victims of crime
• § 54-85c — Representative of homicide victim entitled to be present at trial of defendant
• § 54-85d — Employer not to discharge employee who attends court as family member of or person designated by homicide victim
• § 54-85e — Photograph of deceased victim shown to jury during opening and closing arguments
• § 54-85f — Victim of violent crime or representative of deceased victim permitted to attend court proceedings
• § 54-85g — Advisement to crime victims re constitutional rights by judge at arraignment
• § 54-86 — Depositions
• § 54-86a — Certain evidence to be made available to defendant
• § 54-86b — Right of accused to examine statements
• § 54-86c — Disclosure of exculpatory information or material
• § 54-86d — Nondisclosure of address and telephone number by victims of certain crimes
• § 54-86e — Confidentiality of identifying information pertaining to victims of certain crimes
• § 54-86f — Admissibility of evidence of sexual conduct
• § 54-86g — Testimony of victim of child abuse
• § 54-86h — Competency of child as witness
• § 54-86i — Testimony of expert witness re mental state or condition of defendant
• § 54-86j — Polygraph examination of victims of sexual assault restricted
• § 54-86k — Admissibility of results of DNA analysis
• § 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
• § 54-86m — Reproduction of property or material that constitutes child sexual abuse material prohibited
• § 54-86n — Appointment of advocate in proceeding re the welfare or custody of a cat or dog
• § 54-86o — Jailhouse witnesses in a criminal prosecution
• § 54-86p — Hearing re reliability and admissibility of jailhouse witness testimony in criminal prosecutions
• § 54-86q — Use of deception or coercive tactics during an interrogation
• § 54-87 — Demurrer
• § 54-88 — State to open and close arguments
• § 54-89 — Direction of court to jury
• § 54-89a — Court to inform jury on consequences of a finding of not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect
• § 54-91 — When sentence to be passed
• § 54-91a — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-91b — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-91c — Testimony of victim or representative of deceased victim prior to acceptance of plea agreement and at sentencing hearing
• § 54-91d — Referral of persons to youth service bureaus
• § 54-91e — Notification of victim through automated system prior to acceptance of plea agreement
• § 54-91f — Apology to victim by person convicted of motor vehicle offense that resulted in death or serious physical injury to another
• § 54-91g — Sentencing of a child for class A or B felony
• § 54-91h — Indication by court at sentencing of defendant's maximum period of imprisonment and eligibility re risk reduction credits and release on parole
• § 54-92 — Pronouncement of sentence
• § 54-92a — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-92b — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-92c — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-93 — Clerks to notify warden of Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, of sentences
• § 54-93a — Court order to correct public record containing false information as a result of identity theft
• § 54-94 — Sentence of persons between sixteen and seventeen
• § 54-94a — Conditional nolo contendere plea
• § 54-95 — Appeal by defendant in criminal prosecution; stay of execution
• § 54-95a — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-95b — Reopening judgment in certain motor vehicle and criminal cases
• § 54-95c — Application to vacate certain convictions on basis of being a victim of trafficking in persons
• § 54-96 — Appeals by the state from Superior Court in criminal cases
• § 54-96a — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-96b — (Formerly Sec
• § 54-97 — Mittimus required for commitment to correctional facility
• § 54-98 — Execution of mittimus for commitment to Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers
• § 54-99 — Period within which death penalty inflicted