Title 54 — Title 54: Criminal Procedure

Sec. 54-92a. (Formerly Sec. 54-120). Commitment to custody of Commissioner of Correction. Commitment on findings of probable cause or on adjournments and punishment by imprisonment, including imprisonment for nonpayment of a fine, when not otherwise provided, shall be by commitme…

Sec. 54-92b. (Formerly Sec. 54-122). Discharge from community correctional center when held for nonpayment of fine. Any person held in a community correctional center for the nonpayment of fine only may, upon application, be discharged from such imprisonment by the court by which…

Sec. 54-92c. (Formerly Sec. 17-381). Women attendants. Whenever any female person is committed to the Commissioner of Correction or any reformatory institution for girls or women in this state, the court making such commitment shall, unless such person is to be accompanied by a m…

Sec. 54-93. Clerks to notify warden of Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, of sentences. Section 54-93 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 8808; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 54-93a. Court order to correct public record containing false information as a result of identity theft. Whenever a person is convicted of a violation of section 53a-129a of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2003, section 53a-129b, 53a-129c, 53a-1…

Sec. 54-94. Sentence of persons between sixteen and seventeen. Section 54-94 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8810; 1961, P.A. 580, S. 17.)

Sec. 54-94a. Conditional nolo contendere plea. Appeal of denial of motion to suppress or dismiss. When a defendant, prior to the commencement of trial, enters a plea of nolo contendere conditional on the right to take an appeal from the court's denial of the defendant's motion to…

Sec. 54-95. Appeal by defendant in criminal prosecution; stay of execution. (a) Any defendant in a criminal prosecution, aggrieved by any decision of the Superior Court, upon the trial thereof, or by any error apparent upon the record of such prosecution, may be relieved by appea…

Sec. 54-95a. (Formerly Sec. 54-17). Jurisdiction of Superior Court. In any prosecution for the violation of any provision of any charter, ordinance or bylaw of a city or borough, the defendant shall have the right of appeal as in other cases. (1949 Rev., S. 8743; 1959, P.A. 28, S…

Sec. 54-95b. Reopening judgment in certain motor vehicle and criminal cases. Any judgment rendered in the Superior Court in any case involving prosecution for a motor vehicle violation or criminal offense adjudging the defendant to pay a fine only, may be reopened, provided a mot…

Sec. 54-95c. Application to vacate certain convictions on basis of being a victim of trafficking in persons. Notification to victims of crimes for which vacatur is sought. Prosecutor's response. Court order. Not grounds for an award of compensation. (a) At any time after a court …

Sec. 54-96. Appeals by the state from Superior Court in criminal cases. Appeals from the rulings and decisions of the Superior Court, upon all questions of law arising on the trial of criminal cases, may be taken by the state, with the permission of the presiding judge, to the Su…

Sec. 54-96a. (Formerly Sec. 54-13). Appeal vacated by payment of fine. Any person appealing from the judgment of the Superior Court, adjudging him to pay a fine only, may pay the same at any time before the hearing in the Supreme Court or Appellate Court, without further cost, wh…

Sec. 54-96b. (Formerly Sec. 54-14). Withdrawal of appeal of person committed to community correctional center. Any person appealing from any judgment of the superior court under which judgment such person may be committed to a community correctional center may, at any time before…

Sec. 54-97. Mittimus required for commitment to correctional facility. No person may be committed to a correctional institution or a community correctional center without a mittimus signed by the judge or clerk of the court which committed such person or, with respect to a person…

Sec. 54-98. Execution of mittimus for commitment to Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers. The Chief Court Administrator or the administrator's designee shall execute each mittimus for the commitment of convicts to the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Somers, by deliv…

Sec. 54-99. Period within which death penalty inflicted. Unless a reprieve or stay of execution is granted by competent authority, the penalty of death shall be inflicted within a period of not less than one month nor more than six months after conviction and sentence. All execut…

Sec. 54-143. Costs imposed in prosecutions. (a) A cost of twenty dollars shall be imposed against any person convicted of a felony, and a cost of fifteen dollars shall be imposed against any person convicted of a misdemeanor or convicted under section 14-219, 14-222, 14-224, 14-2…

Sec. 54-143a. Cost imposed for infractions and certain motor vehicle violations. A cost of twenty dollars shall be imposed against any person convicted of a violation, as defined in section 53a-27, under any provision of section 12-487 or sections 13b-410a to 13b-410c, inclusive;…

Sec. 54-143b. Forfeited bonds for motor vehicle violations. The total amount of any forfeited bond for a motor vehicle violation, when such bond is composed in part of an additional fee established under subsection (c) or (d) of section 51-56a, any cost established under subsecti…

Sec. 54-143c. Additional fine for sexual assault offenses. In addition to any fine, fee or cost that may be imposed pursuant to any provision of the general statutes, the court shall impose a fine of one hundred fifty-one dollars on any person who, on or after July 1, 2004, is co…

Sec. 54-144. Payment of expenses. Any expenses necessarily incurred in any criminal proceeding or prosecution, except such expenses as are incurred by the Division of Criminal Justice, when approved by the court in which the proceeding or prosecution is had, shall be paid in the …

Secs. 54-145 and 54-146. Refunds to clerk of municipal court or to town treasurer. Report to clerk or town treasurer. Sections 54-145 and 54-146 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8844, 8845; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204.)

Sec. 54-147. Rules for payment of expenses. Waiver of fee or cost. (a) The judges of the Superior Court may establish rules, in addition to those established by statute, for the payment of the expenses of all criminal proceedings or prosecutions, except such expenses as are incur…

Sec. 54-148. Support of prisoners after sentence. The support of prisoners in community correctional centers, sentenced to a correctional institution, or sentenced to death, shall be paid by the state. (1949 Rev., S. 8848; 1969, P.A. 297; P.A. 95-16, S. 2.) History: 1969 act subs…

Sec. 54-149. Payment for board of prisoners. Section 54-149 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8849; 1959, P.A. 152, S. 99.)

Sec. 54-150. Compensation of physicians. Physicians shall receive a reasonable compensation for services rendered in criminal cases. (1949 Rev., S. 3612.)

Sec. 54-151. Cost of transcript and printing on appeal. In any appeal in a criminal action, where it appears to the trial court that the accused is without funds with which to defray the costs of securing a transcript of the evidence, or printing the briefs and the appendices to …

Sec. 54-152. Allowance to witnesses from another state in criminal prosecutions. When, in any criminal prosecution, it is necessary to obtain the testimony of any witnesses residing without this state, the Chief State's Attorney may allow them a reasonable sum for their time and …

Sec. 54-153. Where witnesses for accused paid by state. The court before which any criminal prosecution is pending may order such number of witnesses as the court approves to be summoned on behalf of the accused at the expense of the state. (1949 Rev., S. 8852.) Cited. 17 CA 359.…

Sec. 54-154. Taxing expenses in search and seizure cases. In any case in which the statutes provide for a search warrant and seizure, the court, judge or judge trial referee issuing such warrant may tax for the officer's services thereon the same fees for service, travel, copies …

Sec. 54-155. Expenses of requisitions of fugitives. When a requisition is made by the governor upon the executive authority of another state for the delivery of any fugitive from justice, the necessary expenses of such requisition and of the removal of such fugitive shall be asce…

Sec. 54-155a. Prohibition on use of public resources in furtherance of interstate investigation or proceeding concerning the provision, seeking or receipt of or assistance with reproductive health care services. No public agency, as defined in section 1-200, or employee, appointe…

Sec. 54-155b. Prohibition on use of public resources in furtherance of interstate investigation or proceeding concerning the provision, seeking or receipt of or assistance with reproductive health care services or gender-affirming health care services. No public agency, as define…

Sec. 54-156. Pursuit of suspected criminals. (a) Any member of a duly organized state, county or municipal peace unit of another state of the United States who enters this state in fresh pursuit, and continues within this state in such fresh pursuit, of a person, in order to arre…

Sec. 54-157. Definitions. Where appearing in this chapter, the term “Governor” includes any person performing the functions of Governor by authority of the law of this state. The term “executive authority” includes the Governor and any person performing the functions of Governor …

Sec. 54-158. Governor's duty to arrest and deliver up fugitive. Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the provisions of the Constitution of the United States controlling, and any and all acts of Congress enacted in pursuance thereof, it is the duty of the Governor of this st…

Sec. 54-159. Requirements for recognition of extradition demand. No demand for the extradition of a person charged with crime in another state shall be recognized by the Governor unless in writing alleging, except in cases arising under section 54-162, that the accused was presen…

Sec. 54-160. State's attorney and prosecuting attorney to assist Governor. When a demand is made upon the Governor of this state by the executive authority of another state for the surrender of a person so charged with crime, the Governor may call upon any state's attorney or pro…

Sec. 54-161. Return to this state of person imprisoned or held in another state. When it is desired to have returned to this state a person charged in this state with a crime, and such person is imprisoned or is held under criminal proceedings then pending against him in another …

Sec. 54-162. Return to another state of person whose act in this state caused crime. The Governor of this state may also surrender, on demand of the executive authority of any other state, any person found in this state who is charged in such other state in the manner provided in…

Sec. 54-163. Arrest warrant signed by Governor. If the Governor decides that the demand should be complied with, he shall sign a warrant of arrest, which shall be sealed with the state seal, and be directed to any peace officer or other person whom he may think fit to entrust wit…

Sec. 54-164. Authorization under warrant. Such warrant shall authorize the peace officer or other person to whom directed to arrest the accused at any time and any place where he is found within the state and to command the aid of all peace officers or other persons in the execut…

Sec. 54-165. Power of arresting officer. Every such officer or other person empowered to make the arrest shall have the same authority, in arresting the accused, to command assistance therein as peace officers have by law in the execution of any criminal process directed to them,…

Sec. 54-166. Appearance of accused in court. Habeas corpus. No person arrested upon such warrant shall be delivered over to the agent whom the executive authority demanding him has appointed to receive him unless he is first taken forthwith before a judge of any court having crim…

Sec. 54-167. Penalty for failure of officer to present accused in court. Any officer who delivers to the agent for extradition of the demanding state a person in his custody under the Governor's warrant, in wilful disobedience to section 54-166, shall be fined not more than one t…

Sec. 54-168. Confinement, when. The officer or person executing the Governor's warrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner has been delivered, may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in any community correctional center or in the jail of any city…

Sec. 54-169. Arrest warrant of judge. Whenever any person within this state is charged on the oath of any credible person before any judge of any court of this state having criminal jurisdiction with the commission of any crime in any other state and, except in cases arising unde…

Sec. 54-170. Arrest without warrant. The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person, without a warrant, upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment…

Sec. 54-171. Commitment pending Governor's warrant. If from the examination before the judge it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and, except in cases arising under section 54-162, that he has fled from justice, the judge s…