{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-110","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-110","heading":"Affirmative defenses to criminal trespass.","body":"It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution for criminal trespass that: (1) The building involved in the offense was abandoned; or (2) the premises, at the time of the entry or remaining, were open to the public and the actor complied with all lawful conditions imposed on access to or remaining in the premises; or (3) the actor reasonably believed that the owner of the premises, or a person empowered to license access thereto, would have licensed him to enter or remain, or that he was licensed to do so.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART VIII. BURGLARY, CRIMINAL TRESPASS, ARSON, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND RELATED OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-110","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:19Z","sha256":"ece1cea3a563fee5ff4093820251afafbb5442d8bf83b05f6b26075f5914c62c","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-109","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-110a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}