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- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-16a · Affirmative defense in certain situations involving firearms; exceptions.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-16b · Affirmative defense of coparticipant to offense with firearm.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-17 · Conduct required or authorized by law or judicial decree.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-18 · Use of reasonable physical force or deadly physical force generally.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-19 · Use of physical force in defense of person.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-20 · Use of physical force in defense of premises.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-21 · Use of physical force in defense of property.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-22 · Use of physical force in making arrest or preventing escape.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-23 · Use of physical force to resist arrest not justified.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-24 · Offense defined. Application of sentencing provisions to motor vehicle and drug selling violators.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-25 · Felony: Definition, classification, designation.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-26 · Misdemeanor: Definition, classification, designation.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-27 · Violation: Definition, designation.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-28 · Authorized sentences.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-28a · Enforcement of orders of financial restitution.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-29 · Probation and conditional discharge: Criteria; periods; continuation or termination.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-30 · Conditions of probation and conditional discharge.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-31 · Calculation of periods of probation and conditional discharge. Compliance with conditions during interrupted period.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-32 · Violation of probation or conditional discharge. Notice to victim or victim advocate. Arrest. Pretrial release conditions and supervision. Hearing. Disposition.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-32a · Violation of probation by certain sexual offenders.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-33 · Termination of probation or conditional discharge.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-34 · Unconditional discharge: Criteria; effect.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-35 · Imprisonment for any felony committed prior to July 1, 1981: Indeterminate sentences; maximum and minimum terms.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-35a · Imprisonment for felony committed on or after July 1, 1981. Definite sentence. Authorized term.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-35b · “Life imprisonment” defined.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-35c · Availability of sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of release.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-36 · Imprisonment for misdemeanor. Definite sentence. Authorized term.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-36a · Imprisonment term for misdemeanor not to exceed three hundred sixty-four days.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-37 · Multiple sentences: Concurrent or consecutive, minimum term.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-38 · Calculation of terms of imprisonment.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-39 · Reduction of sentence or discharge of defendant by sentencing court or judge. Statement by victim.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-39a · Alternate incarceration program.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-39b · Special alternative incarceration program for young male defendants.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-39c · Community service labor program.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-39d · Pilot zero-tolerance drug supervision program.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-40 · Persistent offenders: Definitions; defense; authorized sentences; procedure.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-40a · Persistent offenders of crimes involving bigotry or bias. Authorized sentences.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-40b · Additional term of imprisonment authorized for offense committed while on release.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-40c · Psychological counseling required for person convicted of sexual assault of a minor.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-40d · Persistent offenders of crimes involving assault, stalking, trespass, threatening, harassment, criminal violation of a protective order, criminal violation of a standing criminal protective order or criminal violation of a restraining order. Authorized sentences.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-40e · Standing criminal protective orders.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-40f · Persistent operating while under the influence felony offender. Authorized sentences.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-41 · Fines for felonies.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-42 · Fines for misdemeanors.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-43 · Fines for violations.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-44 · Alternative fine based on defendant's gain.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-44a · Surcharge on fine for criminal trespass or criminal mischief on public land.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-45 · Murder: Penalty; waiver of jury trial; finding of lesser degree.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-46 · Sentencing proceedings; appeal.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-46a · Imposition of sentence for capital felony committed prior to April 25, 2012. Hearing. Special verdict. Mitigating and aggravating factors. Factors barring death sentence.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-46b · Review of death sentence.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-46c · Applicability of death penalty provisions in effect on and after October 1, 1980.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-46d · Victim impact statement read in court prior to imposition of sentence for crime punishable by death or life imprisonment without possibility of release.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-47 · Disposition of person found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. Confinement and examination. Release.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-48 · Conspiracy. Renunciation.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-49 · Criminal attempt: Sufficiency of conduct; renunciation as defense.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-50 · Effect of motivation on renunciation.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-51 · Classification of attempt and conspiracy.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-52 · Conviction; sentencing.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 53a-53 and 53a-54 · Homicide defined. Murder defined; affirmative defenses; evidence of mental condition; classification.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-54a · Murder.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-54b · Murder with special circumstances.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-54c · Felony murder.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-54d · Arson murder.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-54e · Construction of statutes re capital felony committed prior to April 25, 2012.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-55 · Manslaughter in the first degree: Class B felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-55a · Manslaughter in the first degree with a firearm: Class B felony: Five years not suspendable.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-56 · Manslaughter in the second degree: Class C felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-56a · Manslaughter in the second degree with a firearm: Class C felony: One year not suspendable.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-56b · Manslaughter in the second degree with a motor vehicle: Class C felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-57 · Misconduct with a motor vehicle: Class D felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-58 · Criminally negligent homicide: Class A misdemeanor.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-58a · Negligent homicide with a motor vehicle.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-59 · Assault in the first degree: Class B felony: Nonsuspendable sentences.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-59a · Assault of an elderly, blind, disabled or pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in the first degree: Class B felony: Five years not suspendable.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-59b · Assault of an employee of the Department of Correction in the first degree: Class B felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-59c · Assault of a pregnant woman resulting in termination of pregnancy: Class A felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-60 · Assault in the second degree: Class D or C felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-60a · Assault in the second degree with a firearm: Class D or C felony: One year not suspendable.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-60b · Assault of an elderly, blind, disabled or pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in the second degree: Class D felony: Two years not suspendable.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-60c · Assault of an elderly, blind, disabled or pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in the second degree with a firearm: Class D felony: Three years not suspendable.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-60d · Assault in the second degree with a motor vehicle: Class D felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-61 · Assault in the third degree: Class A misdemeanor.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-61a · Assault of an elderly, blind, disabled or pregnant person or a person with intellectual disability in the third degree: Class A misdemeanor: One year not suspendable.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 53a-61b to 53a-61z · Secs. 53a-61b to 53a-61z.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-61aa · Threatening in the first degree: Class D or class C felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-62 · Threatening in the second degree: Class A misdemeanor or class D felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-63 · Reckless endangerment in the first degree: Class A misdemeanor.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-64 · Reckless endangerment in the second degree: Class B misdemeanor.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 53a-64a to 53a-64z · Secs. 53a-64a to 53a-64z.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-64aa · Strangulation or suffocation in the first degree: Class C felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-64bb · Strangulation or suffocation in the second degree: Class D felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-64cc · Strangulation or suffocation in the third degree: Class A misdemeanor.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-65 · Definitions.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-66 · Lack of consent.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-67 · Affirmative defenses.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 53a-68 and 53a-69 · Corroboration; exceptions. Time limitation for complaint.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-70 · Sexual assault in the first degree: Class B or A felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-70a · Aggravated sexual assault in the first degree: Class B or A felony.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-70b · Sexual assault in spousal or cohabiting relationship: Class B felony.