Title 54, Title 54: Criminal Procedure

Secs. 54-18a to 54-21. Transfer of criminal cases between Superior and Common Pleas Court. Certain cases to be tried at first term. Search when cruelty is suspected. Search warrants in cases of cruelty to animals. Sections 54-18a to 54-21, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. …

Sec. 54-1b. Arraignment of prisoner. Advice as to rights. Any accused, when he is arraigned before the Superior Court, shall be advised by a judge that he has a right to counsel, that he has a right to refuse to make any statement and that any statement he makes may be introduced…

Sec. 54-1c. Admissibility of confession. Any admission, confession or statement, written or oral, obtained from an accused person who has not been presented to the first session of the court, or on the day specified for arraignment under the provisions of section 54-1g, or who ha…

Sec. 54-1d. Place of arraignment. Multiple arrest warrants. Multiple credit card and automated teller machine offenses. Identity theft and related offenses. Violation of order of protection by electronic or telephonic means. (a) For the purposes of this section, “geographical are…

Sec. 54-1e. Election of place of trial when venue is in the geographical area of Derby, Ansonia, Shelton, and Seymour. Section 54-1e is repealed. (P.A. 75-578, S. 5; P.A. 76-436, S. 582, 681.)

Sec. 54-1f. (Formerly Sec. 6-49). Arrest without warrant. Pursuit outside precincts. (a) For purposes of this section, the respective precinct or jurisdiction of a state marshal or judicial marshal shall be wherever such marshal is required to perform duties. Peace officers, as d…

Sec. 54-1g. Time of arraignment. Violation of protective order, standing criminal protective order or restraining order. (a) Any arrested person who is not released sooner or who is charged with a family violence crime as defined in section 46b-38a or a violation of section 53a-1…

Sec. 54-1h. (Formerly Sec. 6-49a). Arrest by complaint and summons for commission of misdemeanor. Any person who has been arrested with or without a warrant for commission of a misdemeanor, or for an offense the penalty for which is imprisonment for not more than one year or a fi…

Sec. 54-1i. (Formerly Sec. 54-40a). Duty of law enforcement officer before charging with a crime a person found in unconscious condition. (a) All law enforcement officers in this state shall make a diligent effort to determine if any person they find in a semiconscious or unconsc…

Sec. 54-1j. Ascertainment that defendant understands possible immigration and naturalization consequences of guilty or nolo contendere plea. (a) The court shall not accept a plea of guilty or nolo contendere from any defendant in any criminal proceeding unless the court first add…

Sec. 54-1k. Issuance of protective orders in cases of stalking, harassment, sexual assault, risk of injury to or impairing morals of a child. (a) Upon the arrest of a person for a violation of subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 53-21, section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a…

Sec. 54-1l. Short title: Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act. (a) This section and section 54-1m shall be known as the “Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act”. (b) For purposes of this section, “racial profiling” means the detention, interdiction or other disp…

Sec. 54-1m. Adoption of policy prohibiting certain police actions. Traffic stop information. Standardized method. Data collection and reporting. (a) Each municipal police department, the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection and any other department with authorit…

Sec. 54-1n. Complaint by victim of identity theft. Law enforcement agency's responsibilities. Any person who believes that such person's personal identifying information has been obtained and used by another person in violation of section 53a-129a of the general statutes, revisio…

Sec. 54-1o. Electronic recording of custodial interrogations. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Custody” means the circumstance when (A) a person has been placed under formal arrest, or (B) there is a restraint on a person's freedom of movement of the degree associated w…

Sec. 54-1p. Eyewitness identification procedures. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Eyewitness” means a person who observes another person at or near the scene of an offense; (2) “Photo lineup” means a procedure in which an array of photographs, including a photograph of…

Sec. 54-1q. Court to advise defendant that guilty or nolo contendere plea may have consequence of suspension of driver's license. The court shall not accept a plea of guilty or nolo contendere from a person in a proceeding with respect to a violation of section 14-110, subsection…

Sec. 54-1r. Complaint by protected person re violation of order of protection by electronic or telephonic means. Law enforcement agency's responsibilities. Any person listed as a protected person on a restraining order, protective order, standing criminal protective order or fore…

Sec. 54-1s. Racial Profiling Prohibition Project Advisory Board. Membership. Duties. (a) There is established, within available resources, a Racial Profiling Prohibition Project Advisory Board for the purpose of advising the Office of Policy and Management with respect to the ado…

Sec. 54-1t. Adoption of policy re police use of electronic defense weapons. Data collection. Reports. (a) For purposes of this section, “law enforcement agency” means the Division of State Police within the Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection or any municipal p…

Sec. 54-2. Conviction and binding over by trial justice. Section 54-2 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8725; 1957, P.A. 522, S. 2; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204.)

Secs. 54-22 to 54-24. Transferred to Chapter 961, Secs. 54-82i to 54-82k, inclusive.

Secs. 54-25 and 54-26. Release on recognizance. Witnesses in courts of other states. Sections 54-25 and 54-26 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8746, 8762; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 147; P.A. 76-336, S. 10; P.A. 80-313, S. 61.)

Secs. 54-29 to 54-31. Seizure of obscene literature and gambling implements. Illegal articles and implements to be destroyed. Judges of city courts may act. Sections 54-29 to 54-31, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8752–8754; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 148, 204; 1963, P.A. 652, S. …

Sec. 54-2a. Issuance of bench warrants of arrest, subpoenas, capias and other criminal process. Release conditions. Service of court process. Entry of warrants and process into computer system. (a) In all criminal cases the Superior Court, or any judge thereof, or any judge trial…

Sec. 54-2c. Traffic violator need not appear in court, when. Schedule of fines established. Section 54-2c is repealed. (1967, P.A. 429; 1969, P.A. 455; 1971, P.A. 436; P.A. 74-183, S. 128, 291; P.A. 75-577, S. 123, 126.)

Sec. 54-2d. Notation in computer network of actions taken by law enforcement agency to execute certain warrants. Not later than thirty days after the entry of the issuance of any rearrest warrant or arrest warrant for a violation of probation into the paperless rearrest warrant n…

Sec. 54-2e. Issuance of rearrest warrant or capias for failure to appear. Unless good cause is shown, no court shall issue a rearrest warrant or a capias for failure to appear as provided in section 53a-173 prior to four o'clock p.m. of the day of the alleged failure to appear. (…

Secs. 54-3 and 54-4. Issue of warrant after arrest. Trial justice may issue criminal process to be served anywhere in the state. Sections 54-3 and 54-4 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8722, 8723; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 204.)

Sec. 54-33. Search warrants for gambling and lottery implements. Section 54-33 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8756; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 149; 1963, P.A. 652, S. 10.)

Sec. 54-33a. Issuance of search warrant, warrant for tracking device or warrant for foreign corporation records or data. No-knock warrants prohibited. (a) As used in sections 54-33a to 54-33g, inclusive, “property” includes, but is not limited to, documents, books, papers, films,…

Sec. 54-33b. Search of person. (a) A law enforcement official may ask a person if he or she may conduct a search of their person, provided such law enforcement official has reasonable and articulable suspicion that weapons, contraband or other evidence of a crime is contained upo…

Sec. 54-33c. Warrant application, affidavits, execution and return. Copies. Orders. (a) The applicant for a search warrant shall file the application for the warrant and all affidavits upon which the warrant is based with the clerk of the court for the geographical area within wh…

Sec. 54-33d. Interference with search. Any person who forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates or interferes with any person authorized to serve or execute search warrants or to make searches and seizures while engaged in the performance of his duties with regard…

Sec. 54-33e. Destruction of property. Any person who, before, during or after seizure of any property by any police officer authorized to make searches and seizures, in order to prevent the seizure or securing of any property named in the warrant by such police officer, breaks, d…

Sec. 54-33f. Motion for return of unlawfully seized property and suppression as evidence. (a) A person aggrieved by search and seizure may move the court which has jurisdiction of such person's case or, if such jurisdiction has not yet been invoked, then the court which issued th…

Sec. 54-33g. Forfeiture of moneys and property related to commission of criminal offense. In rem proceeding. Disposition. Secondary evidence of forfeited property. (a) When any property believed to be possessed, controlled, designed or intended for use or which is or has been use…

Sec. 54-33h. (Formerly Sec. 53-279). Arrest of keeper of gambling equipment; seizure and disposition of property. Section 54-33h is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8656; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 191; 1963, P.A. 652, S. 9; 1969, P.A. 169; P.A. 73-455, S. 9.)

Sec. 54-33i. “Journalist”, “news organization” and “news” defined. For the purposes of this section and sections 54-33a and 54-33j: (1) “Journalist” means a person engaged in the business of investigating, collecting or writing news, or of supervising such activity, with the inte…

Sec. 54-33j. Issuance of search warrant for property of journalist or news organization. (a) No search warrant, as provided in section 54-33a, may be issued to search any place or seize anything in the possession, custody or control of any journalist or news organization unless s…

Sec. 54-33k. “Strip search” defined. For the purposes of this section and section 54-33l, “strip search” means having an arrested person remove or arrange some or all of his or her clothing or, if an arrested person refuses to remove or arrange his or her clothing, having a peace…

Sec. 54-33l. Strip searches. Procedure. (a) No person arrested for a motor vehicle violation or a misdemeanor shall be strip searched unless there is reasonable belief that the individual is concealing a weapon, a controlled substance or contraband. (b) No search of any body cavi…

Sec. 54-33m. Failure to wear seat belt not probable cause for vehicle search. The failure of an operator of, or passenger in, a private passenger motor vehicle or vanpool vehicle to wear a seat safety belt as required by section 14-100a shall not constitute probable cause for a l…

Sec. 54-33n. Search of school lockers and property. All local and regional boards of education and all private elementary and secondary schools may authorize the search by school or law enforcement officials of lockers and other school property available for use by students for t…

Sec. 54-33o. Search of vehicle stopped solely for a motor vehicle violation. (a)(1) No law enforcement official may ask an operator of a motor vehicle to conduct a search of a motor vehicle or the contents of the motor vehicle that is stopped by a law enforcement official solely …

Sec. 54-33p. Restrictions on cannabis-related stop or search of a person or motor vehicle. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, the existence of any of the following circumstances shall not constitute in part or in whole probable cause or reasonable suspicion…