Title 54 — Title 54: Criminal Procedure

Sec. 54-63a. Definitions. As used in sections 54-63a to 54-63g, inclusive, and section 54-64a, “arrested person” means a person taken into custody for violation of any law, ordinance, regulation or bylaw of the state or of any town, city, borough, district or municipal corporatio…

Sec. 54-63b. Pretrial release of arrested persons. Duties of Court Support Services Division. Uniform weighted release criteria. (a) The duties of the Court Support Services Division shall include: (1) To promptly interview, prior to arraignment, any person referred by the police…

Sec. 54-63c. Duties of law enforcement officer or probation officer serving warrant re arrested person. Interview and release of arrested person. (a) Except in cases of arrest pursuant to a bench warrant of arrest in which the court or a judge thereof has indicated that bail shou…

Sec. 54-63d. Release by bail commissioner or intake, assessment and referral specialist. Information, files and reports held by Court Support Services Division. (a) Upon notification by a police officer pursuant to section 54-63c that an arrested person has not posted bail, a bai…

Sec. 54-63e. Bond or promise conditioned on appearance. Whenever any arrested person is released upon his written promise to appear or upon bond without or with surety, such promise or bond shall be conditioned that he shall appear before the Superior Court. Any promise or bond w…

Sec. 54-63f. Release after conviction and pending sentence or appeal. A person who has been convicted of any offense, except a violation of section 53a-54a, 53a-54b, 53a-54c or 53a-54d, and is either awaiting sentence or has given oral or written notice of such person's intention…

Sec. 54-63g. Appeal from court order re release. Any accused person or the state, aggrieved by an order of the Superior Court concerning release, may petition the Appellate Court for review of such order. Any such petition shall have precedence over any other matter before said A…

Sec. 54-64. Police officials and clerks of court to take promise to appear or bond. Section 54-64 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8779; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 151; 1961, P.A. 203, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 549, S. 11; P.A. 74-183, S. 145, 291; P.A. 76-436, S. 545, 681; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.…

Sec. 54-64a. Release by judicial authority. (a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection and subsection (b) or (c) of this section, when any arrested person is presented before the Superior Court, said court shall, in bailable offenses, promptly order the relea…

Sec. 54-64b. Release following arrest on court warrant. (a) When any person is arrested on a bench warrant of arrest issued by order of the Superior Court or, when said court is not in session, by a judge thereof, in which the court or judge issuing the warrant indicated that bai…

Sec. 54-64c. Notice of appearance after release. The person taking any promise or bond shall give the person released a copy of the promise or bond, which shall notify the person of the time when and the place where he is next to appear and of the penalty for failure so to appear…

Sec. 54-64d. Release of person taken into custody on a capias. (a) When any person is taken into custody on a capias issued by order of the Superior Court, the proper officer or state police officer taking the person into custody shall, without undue delay, bring such person befo…

Sec. 54-64e. Noncriminal behavior as condition of release. Notice of conditions of release and sanctions for violation. (a) When any person is released pursuant to the provisions of sections 54-63a to 54-63g, inclusive, or sections 54-64a to 54-64c, inclusive, it shall be a condi…

Sec. 54-64f. Violation of conditions of release. Imposition of different or additional conditions. Revocation of release. (a) Upon application by the prosecuting authority alleging that a defendant has violated the conditions of the defendant's release, the court may, if probable…

Sec. 54-64g. Surveillance of serious felony offenders released on bond. The office of the Chief State's Attorney shall, in consultation with the Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection and the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, develop protocols for the surve…

Sec. 54-65. Procedure when surety believes principal intends to abscond. Application for release of surety from bond if principal absconds. (a) Any surety in a recognizance in criminal proceedings, who believes that such surety's principal intends to abscond, shall apply to a jud…

Sec. 54-65a. Forfeiture of bond for failure to appear. Issuance of rearrest warrant or capias. Termination or reinstatement of bond. Rebate to surety. (a)(1) Whenever an arrested person is released upon the execution of a bond with surety in an amount of five hundred dollars or m…

Sec. 54-65b. Verification of rearrest warrant or capias upon request. Upon the request during regular business hours of a person licensed as (1) a professional bondsman under chapter 533, (2) a surety bail bond agent under section 38a-660, or (3) a bail enforcement agent under se…

Sec. 54-65c. Vacating forfeiture of bond. A court shall vacate an order forfeiting a bail bond and release the professional bondsman, as defined in section 29-144, or the surety bail bond agent and the insurer, as both terms are defined in section 38a-660, if (1) the principal on…

Sec. 54-66. Acceptance and disposition of bail. Pledge of real property as lien. Forfeiture of bond for failure to appear. Issuance of rearrest warrant or capias. Termination or reinstatement of bond. (a)(1) In any criminal case in which a bond is allowable or required and the am…

Sec. 54-66a. Automatic termination of bail bonds. Any bail bond posted in any criminal proceeding in this state shall be automatically terminated and released whenever the defendant: (1) Is granted accelerated rehabilitation pursuant to section 54-56e; (2) is granted admission to…

Sec. 54-67. When attorneys not allowed to give bonds. No attorney-at-law may give any bond or recognizance in any criminal action or proceeding in which he is interested as attorney. (1949 Rev., S. 8782; P.A. 80-313, S. 19.) History: P.A. 80-313 substituted “may” for “shall”. Bon…

Sec. 54-68. Persons charged with gaming to give bonds. Section 54-68 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8789.; P.A. 76-336, S. 10.)

Sec. 54-69. Motion of parties to modify conditions of release. (a) Whenever in any criminal prosecution the state's attorney for any judicial district or the assistant state's attorney is of the opinion that the bond without or with surety given by any accused person is excessive…

Sec. 54-69a. Motion of bail commissioner or intake, assessment and referral specialist to modify conditions of release. A bail commissioner or an intake, assessment and referral specialist employed by the Judicial Branch who has reason to believe that a person released under any …

Sec. 54-69b. Authority of court to modify conditions of release. The provisions of any promise or bond taken under section 54-63c or section 54-63d may at any time be modified by the court or any judge thereof as provided in section 54-69. (P.A. 80-313, S. 22.) Cited. 222 C. 331.…

Sec. 54-70. Compromise of forfeited bonds. Section 54-70 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8791; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 193; 1963, P.A. 642, S. 66; P.A. 73-116, S. 32; 73-667, S. 1, 2; P.A. 78-280, S. 4, 119, 127; P.A. 83-279, S. 3, 4.)

Sec. 54-71. Mistake in form of recognizance. No recognizance given by the accused in a criminal prosecution for his appearance before any court may be discharged for any mistake in form, if its terms are in substantial compliance with the requirements of law. (1949 Rev., S. 8792;…

Sec. 54-71a. No civil liability for release. No bail commissioner or intake, assessment and referral specialist employed by the Judicial Branch, no employee of any police department, no state's attorney or assistant state's attorney and no municipality may be held liable in a civ…

Sec. 54-72. Fines and forfeitures; prosecutions; liability of corporation. All fines, forfeitures and penalties, unless otherwise expressly disposed of by law, if imposed on any person by the Superior Court, shall belong to the state. When a fine, penalty or forfeiture is imposed…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 54-76. Transferred to Chapter 886, Sec. 51-286c.

Sec. 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.)

Sec. 54-76b. Youthful offenders: Definitions; applicability of interstate compact. (a) For the purposes of sections 54-76b to 54-76n, inclusive: (1) “Youth” means (A) a minor who has reached the age of sixteen years but has not reached the age of eighteen years at the time of the…

Sec. 54-76c. Eligibility to be adjudged a youthful offender. Transfer of cases. (a) In any case where an information or complaint has been laid charging a defendant with the commission of a crime, and where it appears that the defendant is a youth, such defendant shall be presume…

Sec. 54-76d. Investigations. Determinations by court. Waiver of proceedings. (a) If the court grants a motion under subsection (a) of section 54-76c or if the court on its own motion determines that the defendant should be investigated under this section, and the defendant consen…

Sec. 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 …

Sec. 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 a…

Sec. 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 d…

Sec. 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…

Sec. 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 pers…

Sec. 54-76j. Disposition upon adjudication as youthful offender. (a) The court, upon the adjudication of any person as a youthful offender, may: (1) Commit the defendant; (2) impose a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars; (3) impose a sentence of conditional discharge or a sen…

Sec. 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 emp…

Sec. 54-76l. Records or other information of youth to be confidential. Exceptions. (a) The records or other information of a youth, other than a youth arrested for or charged with the commission of a crime which is a class A felony or a violation of section 53a-70b of the general…

Sec. 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, inclusiv…

Sec. 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. 3…

Sec. 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 b…

Sec. 54-76p. Transferred to Chapter 960, Sec. 54-56e.