Title 51 — Title 51: Courts

Sec. 51-275. Definitions. As used in this chapter, and sections 5-142, 5-190a and 54-152, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated unless the context requires a different meaning: “Chief State's Attorney” means the chief of the Division of Criminal Justice; “Deputy C…

Sec. 51-275a. Criminal Justice Commission established. Meetings. (a) There is established a Criminal Justice Commission which shall be composed of the Chief State's Attorney and six members nominated by the Governor and appointed by the General Assembly in accordance with subsect…

Sec. 51-276. Division established. There is hereby established the Division of Criminal Justice within the Executive Department, which shall be in charge of the investigation and prosecution of all criminal matters in the Superior Court. The Division of Criminal Justice shall be …

Sec. 51-277. Powers and duties of division. Representation of the state by Chief State's Attorney. (a) The division shall exercise all powers and duties with respect to the investigation and prosecution of criminal matters conferred upon or required of it by this chapter, or conf…

Sec. 51-277a. Investigation and prosecution of the use of physical force by a peace officer, the death of a person in custody, failure of a peace officer to notify next of kin of a death or failure of a peace officer to intervene in or report an incident. Reporting upon conclusio…

Sec. 51-277b. Investigation of judge or employee of Judicial Department; notice to Chief State's Attorney and appropriate state's attorney. When any judge of the Superior Court, Appellate Court or Supreme Court or employee of the Judicial Department may be affected by a law enfor…

Sec. 51-277c. Investigation and prosecution of crimes involving physical violence and possession of firearm. In the investigation and prosecution of crime, priority shall be given to crimes involving physical violence and to crimes involving the possession of a firearm. (P.A. 97-…

Sec. 51-277d. Complaint re failure to prosecute in death case. Response. Whenever a prosecutorial official, after the investigation of the cause and circumstances of a person's death, declines to criminally prosecute any person in connection with such death, a member of such dece…

Sec. 51-277e. Office of the Inspector General established. Appointment of Inspector General. Powers and duties of office. (a) There is established the Office of the Inspector General that shall be a separate office within the Division of Criminal Justice. Not later than October 1…

Sec. 51-278. (Formerly Sec. 51-175). Appointment, salaries and removal of prosecutorial officials. (a)(1) On or before August 1, 1985, the Criminal Justice Commission shall appoint an administrative head of the Division of Criminal Justice whose title shall be Chief State's Attor…

Sec. 51-278a. Qualifications of prosecutorial officials. Full-time duties. (a) The Chief State's Attorney, each deputy chief state's attorney and each state's attorney, assistant state's attorney and deputy assistant state's attorney shall, at the time of his or her appointment b…

Sec. 51-278b. Reprimand, suspension or removal of prosecutorial officials. Procedure. (a) Whenever the Criminal Justice Commission has reason to believe or is of the opinion that the Chief State's Attorney is guilty of misconduct, material neglect of duty or incompetence in the c…

Sec. 51-278c. Term of office of Chief State's Attorney incumbent on June 3, 1985. The Chief State's Attorney incumbent on June 3, 1985, shall serve the term for which he was appointed prior to November 28, 1984, which term shall expire June 30, 1985. (P.A. 85-440, S. 5, 7; 85-613…

Sec. 51-279. Duties of Chief State's Attorney. Budget. (a) The Chief State's Attorney, with the advice of the Division of Criminal Justice Advisory Board under section 51-279a, shall administer, direct, supervise, coordinate and control the operations, activities and programs of …

Sec. 51-279a. Division of Criminal Justice Advisory Board. Members. Duties. The Division of Criminal Justice Advisory Board is established, comprised of a nonvoting member designated by the Criminal Justice Commission, the Chief State's Attorney or his designee and the state's at…

Sec. 51-279b. Racketeering unit. Bond forfeiture unit. Standards for compromise and settlement of forfeited bonds. (a) The Chief State's Attorney shall establish a racketeering and continuing criminal activities unit within the Division of Criminal Justice. Such unit shall be ava…

Sec. 51-279c. Training program for prosecuting attorneys. The Chief State's Attorney shall establish a formal training program for all newly-appointed prosecuting attorneys consisting of not less than five days and an ongoing training program for all prosecuting attorneys consist…

Sec. 51-279d. Hate Crimes Advisory Committee. Section 51-279d is repealed, effective October 1, 2017. (P.A. 00-72, S. 7, 12; P.A. 17-111, S. 9.)

Sec. 51-279e. Report on monetary recoveries achieved as a result of fraud investigations of medical assistance programs administered by the Department of Social Services. Section 51-279e is repealed, effective July 1, 2017. (June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 21; P.A. 17-87, S. 9.)

Sec. 51-279f. State-Wide Hate Crimes Advisory Council. (a) There shall be a State-Wide Hate Crimes Advisory Council within the Office of the Chief State's Attorney, for administrative purposes only. Members of the council shall include (1) the following, or their designees: The C…

Sec. 51-280. Performance rating of state's attorneys. The Chief State's Attorney and each state's attorney shall biennially prepare a merit and performance rating for each state's attorney, assistant state's attorney and deputy assistant state's attorney and shall submit the bien…

Sec. 51-281. Jurisdiction of prosecutorial officials. The Chief State's Attorney and each deputy chief state's attorney, state's attorney, assistant state's attorney and deputy assistant state's attorney, including the deputy chief state's attorney acting as the Inspector General…

Secs. 51-282 to 51-284. Prosecuting attorneys; assistants. Term of office of prosecuting attorneys and assistant prosecuting attorneys. Prosecutors and assistants qualified to act in other counties and district. Sections 51-282 to 51-284, inclusive, are repealed. (1959, P.A. 28, …

Sec. 51-285. Special prosecutors, special inspectors and special federal prosecutors. (a) The Chief State's Attorney may recommend to the Criminal Justice Commission for appointment by said commission special assistant state's attorneys, special deputy assistant state's attorneys…

Sec. 51-285a. Prosecutorial officials handling juvenile matters. (a) Within available appropriations, juvenile prosecutors employed by the Division of Criminal Justice on October 5, 2009, shall be deemed to have been appointed by the Criminal Justice Commission in accordance with…

Sec. 51-286. Chief inspectors. Inspectors. Assistance of state and local police. (a) The Chief State's Attorney shall appoint four suitable persons to assist, on a state-wide basis, all the state's attorneys and whose title shall be chief inspector. The Chief State's Attorney sha…

Sec. 51-286a. (Formerly Sec. 51-164a). Duties and powers of prosecutorial officials. (a) Each state's attorney, assistant state's attorney and deputy assistant state's attorney shall diligently inquire after and make appropriate presentment and complaint to the Superior Court of …

Sec. 51-286b. Duties re housing matters. The assistant state's attorney or deputy assistant state's attorney assigned to handle housing matters may initiate prosecutions for violations of any state or municipal housing or health law, code or ordinance either upon the affidavit of…

Sec. 51-286c. (Formerly Sec. 54-76). Employment of detectives for special investigation. The state's attorney for any judicial district may employ one or more detectives to investigate for the purpose of discovering the perpetrators of any crime committed within this state, whene…

Sec. 51-286d. Notification to families of certain victims of court proceedings. In any case in which a person has committed an offense, including any motor vehicle violation, which results in the death of another person, the state's attorney shall identify and notify a member of …

Sec. 51-286e. Notification of victims re judicial proceedings. (a) For the purposes of this section, “victim” includes the legal representative of the victim or a member of the deceased victim's immediate family. (b) The state's attorney for a judicial district wherein an offense…

Sec. 51-286f. Transcript of certain sentencing hearings to be requested by prosecuting official and provided to Board of Pardons and Paroles. The prosecuting official in a criminal proceeding shall request on the record that a transcript be prepared of any sentencing hearing at w…

Sec. 51-286g. (Formerly Sec. 54-227a). Transcript of criminal proceeding to be provided to victim upon request. Whenever a transcript of a criminal proceeding is prepared, the prosecuting official shall provide a copy of such transcript to any victim of the crime without charge u…

Sec. 51-286h. Reports re human trafficking. (a) Not later than October 1, 2017, and annually thereafter, the Office of the Chief State's Attorney and each municipal chief of police shall report to the Trafficking in Persons Council, established pursuant to section 46a-170, on: (1…

Sec. 51-286i. Pilot program to identify and track homeless, addicted and mentally ill persons entering criminal justice system. (a) The office of the Chief State's Attorney shall establish a pilot program to serve the geographical area courts for Hartford, New Haven, New London a…

Sec. 51-286j. Collection of disaggregated, case level prosecutorial data. (a) The Division of Criminal Justice, in consultation with the Judicial Branch, the Department of Correction and the Criminal Justice Information System Governing Board, established under section 54-142, sh…

Sec. 51-286k. Tracking and reporting of use of testimony by jailhouse witnesses. (a) Each state's attorney's office shall track the following: (1) The substance and use of any testimony of a jailhouse witness, as defined in section 54-86o, against the interest of a (A) person sus…

Sec. 51-286l. Training program on a uniform process for seeking juvenile detention orders. (a) The Chief State's Attorney shall develop, implement and update, as necessary, a training program on a uniform process for applying for and seeking the issuance of a detention order purs…

Sec. 51-286m. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 51-286n. Notification of Department of Public Health of conviction of licensed professionals of certain offenses relating to actual or suspected abuse of elderly, blind or disabled person or person with intellectual disability. (a) For the purposes of this section, “license”…

Sec. 51-287. (Formerly Sec. 51-175a). Retirement of state's attorneys. Retirement salary. Credit for prior service. Return of contributions. (a) Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and state's attorney who elected under the provisions of section 51-278 to b…

Sec. 51-287a. Longevity payments to Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and state's attorney. Each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and state's attorney who has completed not less than ten years of service as a prosecutorial official, shall …

Sec. 51-287b. Deductions from longevity payment deposited in State's Attorneys' Retirement Fund. There shall be deducted and withheld from the longevity payable under section 51-287a to each Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney and state's attorney who is include…

Sec. 51-288. (Formerly Sec. 51-175b). Pension for widow of state's attorney. Each widow of a Chief State's Attorney, deputy chief state's attorney or state's attorney who elected under the provisions of section 51-278 to be included within the provisions of this section, if such …