Title 51, Title 51: Courts

Sec. 51-292. Expenses included in commission's budget. Except as provided in section 46b-136, reasonable expenses of, or incurred by, the commission, the Chief Public Defender, or those serving pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, including rental of facilities, witnesses …

Sec. 51-293. Public defenders, assistants and deputies; appointment, terms, qualifications, suspension, removal, salaries. Division of Public Defender Services assigned counsel. (a)(1) The commission shall appoint a public defender for each judicial district and a public defender…

Sec. 51-294. Reappointment of public defenders serving on October 1, 1975. Section 51-294 is repealed. (P.A. 74-317, S. 5, 14; P.A. 82-248, S. 163.)

Sec. 51-295. Retirement and disability of public defenders. Retirement credit. Except as provided in section 51-295a, the Chief Public Defender, the Deputy Chief Public Defender, and each public defender, assistant public defender and deputy assistant public defender shall be inc…

Sec. 51-295a. Retirement of certain public defenders. Retirement salary. Credit for prior service. Transfer or return of contributions. Pension for surviving spouse. (a) Each public defender incumbent on July 1, 1978, may elect to be included in the provisions of this section and…

Sec. 51-295b. Longevity payments for Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender. Each Chief Public Defender and Deputy Chief Public Defender who has completed not less than ten years of service as a defense attorney of the Judicial Department or the Public Defender Se…

Sec. 51-296. Designation of public defender for indigent defendant, codefendant. Legal services and guardians ad litem in family relations matters and juvenile matters. Contracts for legal services. (a) In any criminal action, in any habeas corpus proceeding arising from a crimin…

Sec. 51-296a. Eligibility for counsel in family relations or juvenile matters. Procedure for appointment or assignment. Payment of attorney appointed prior to July 1, 2011. (a) The judicial authority before whom a family relations matter described in subparagraph (A) of subdivisi…

Sec. 51-296b. Pilot program re representation at parole revocation hearings. The Chief Public Defender shall, within available appropriations, establish a pilot program to provide representation to persons at parole revocation hearings. Not later than January 1, 2021, and annuall…

Sec. 51-297. *(See end of section for amended version of subsection (f) and effective date.) Determination of indigency; definition, investigation, reimbursement for services, appeal. Penalty for false statement. (a) A public defender, assistant public defender or deputy assistan…

Sec. 51-298. Reimbursement of commission by financially able defendants or persons. Actions by Attorney General. (a)(1) If at any time, either during or after the disposition of his case, a defendant who is receiving or has received public defender services based on his indigency…

Sec. 51-299. Eligibility of minors for public defender services. Powers of investigation. Except in cases in which counsel has been appointed pursuant to subsection (c) of section 51-296, whenever a person requesting services pursuant to this chapter is under the age of eighteen …

Sec. 51-300. Confidentiality of statement in support cases. In cases where the accused is charged with a violation of section 53-304, no oral or written statement of financial status received by a public defender regarding eligibility to retain a public defender shall be availabl…