Title 51 — Title 51: Courts

Secs. 51-187a and 51-187b. Transferred to Chapter 871, Secs. 51-27c and 51-27d, respectively.

Sec. 51-188. Transferred to Chapter 871, Sec. 51-27f.

Sec. 51-189. Transfer of hearings before judges. When, upon any application, petition or matter presented to any judge of the Superior Court for a hearing by him as a judge, notice to the adverse party of the hearing thereon is required, either by statute or in the discretion of …

Sec. 51-190. Trial before judge; papers filed where. Section 51-190 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7649; P.A. 82-248, S. 163.)

Sec. 51-190a. (Formerly Sec. 51-161). Filing of papers upon decision. (a) In the trial of an action before a judge of the Superior Court that might have been brought to the Superior Court, the judge, when a decision has been reached, shall file the papers in the action and a memo…

Secs. 51-191 to 51-193. Cause affecting land; documents lodged in Superior Court. Clerk designated by judge to take papers. Records may be rewritten. Sections 51-191 to 51-193, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 7651, 7652, 7667; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 19; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S.…

Sec. 51-193a. Transferred to Chapter 877, Sec. 51-95a.

Sec. 51-193b. Payment of fees, costs and fines by credit card. Payment of any fees, costs, fines or other charges to the Judicial Branch may be made by means of a credit card and the payor shall be charged a service fee for any such payment made by means of a credit card. The ser…

Sec. 51-193c. Filing of document or data by computer, facsimile transmission or other technology. Use of technology for required payments. Electronic signature and verification. Standards. Rules. (a) The Judicial Branch may permit, in any civil, criminal, family, juvenile or othe…

Sec. 51-193d. Moneys found in or on grounds of Superior Court presumed abandoned. All moneys in an amount of ten dollars or less found by any person in or on the grounds of the Superior Court which is turned over by such person to the clerk of the Superior Court shall be presumed…

Secs. 51-193e to 51-193k. Reserved for future use. PART Ia MAGISTRATES

Sec. 51-193l. Appointment of magistrates. Submission of names of probate judges for approval as magistrates. The Chief Court Administrator shall make such orders and rules as he deems necessary to provide for the appointment of magistrates to hear and decide cases pursuant to the…

Secs. 51-193m to 51-193q. Prosecutions to be submitted to magistrate. Persons alleged to have committed motor vehicle infractions; payment of fine; plea of not guilty. Request for jury trial; hearing in Superior Court. Notification of magistrate by clerk of court; where hearing m…

Sec. 51-193r. Compensation of magistrates. Each commissioner of the Superior Court shall receive, for acting as a magistrate in accordance with the provisions of sections 51-193t and 51-193u the sum of two hundred dollars for each day he is engaged as a magistrate. (P.A. 81-462, …

Sec. 51-193s. Submission of names of probate judges for approval as magistrates. Section 51-193s is repealed. (P.A. 82-441, S. 16, 23; P.A. 85-464, S. 6.)

Sec. 51-193t. Hearing of small claims matters by magistrate. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 922a, the hearing and determination of small claims matters may be assigned to magistrates. Magistrates may handle all aspects of the small claims session including, but not…

Sec. 51-193u. Hearing of violations and infractions by magistrate. Authority of magistrate decision. Demand for trial de novo. (a) Cases involving motor vehicle violations, excluding alleged violations of sections 14-215, 14-222, 14-222a, 14-224, 14-227a, 14-227m and 14-227n and …

Sec. 51-194. Review division, appointment; meetings; disqualification; secretary. The Chief Justice shall appoint three judges of the Superior Court to act as a review division of the court and shall designate one of the judges to act as chairman thereof. The clerk of the Superio…

Sec. 51-195. Application for review of sentence. Any person sentenced on one or more counts of an information to a term of imprisonment for which the total sentence of all such counts amounts to confinement for three years or more, may, within thirty days from the date such sente…

Sec. 51-196. Review of sentence or commitment. Decision. (a) The review division shall, in each case in which an application for review is filed in accordance with section 51-195, review the judgment so far as it relates to the sentence or commitment imposed, either increasing or…

Sec. 51-197. Forms and rules of procedure. The review division shall prescribe forms to be used in accordance with section 51-195 and make rules for procedure under sections 51-195 and 51-196. (1957, P.A. 436, S. 4; September, 1957, P.A. 14, S. 4.) Constitutionality of section di…

Sec. 51-197a. Appeals to Appellate Court. Writs. Transfer of jurisdiction from appellate session. (a) Appeals and writs of error from final judgments or actions of the Superior Court shall be taken to the Appellate Court in accordance with section 51-197c, except for small claims…

Sec. 51-197b. (Formerly Sec. 52-7). Administrative appeals. (a) Except as provided in section 31-301b, all appeals that may be taken from administrative decisions of officers, boards, commissions or agencies of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be taken to the …

Sec. 51-197c. Appellate Court; judges, appointment, terms, Chief Judge. (a) The Appellate Court shall consist of nine judges, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, who shall also be judges of the Superior Court, and who shall be appointed by the General Assembly, …

Sec. 51-197d. Jurisdiction of appellate session. Section 51-197d is repealed. (P.A. 77-347, S. 3, 11; P.A. 78-280, S. 85, 127; P.A. 79-376; 79-540, S. 9; P.A. 80-234, S. 2; P.A. 81-416, S. 2, 5; P.A. 82-248, S. 100; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-29, S. 80, 82.)

Sec. 51-197e. Consolidation of appeals. When any appeal pending before the Appellate Court involves the same cause of action, transaction or occurrence as an appeal pending before the Supreme Court, the appeals may be consolidated in the Supreme Court. (P.A. 77-347, S. 4, 11; Jun…

Sec. 51-197f. Further review by certification only. Upon final determination of any appeal by the Appellate Court, there shall be no right to further review except the Supreme Court shall have the power to certify cases for its review upon petition by an aggrieved party or by the…