{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-216","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-216","heading":"Criminal use of firearm or electronic defense weapon: Class D felony.","body":"(a) A person is guilty of criminal use of a firearm or electronic defense weapon when he commits any class A, B or C or unclassified felony as defined in section 53a-25 and in the commission of such felony he uses or threatens the use of a pistol, revolver, machine gun, shotgun, rifle or other firearm or electronic defense weapon. No person shall be convicted of criminal use of a firearm or electronic defense weapon and the underlying felony upon the same transaction but such person may be charged and prosecuted for both such offenses upon the same information.\n(b) Criminal use of a firearm or electronic defense weapon is a class D felony for which five years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART XXI. MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-216","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":"0203d41e4a0900b8efbb5b475bad6db0548f242268ad3523fd3b6629ae0819c6","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-215","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-217"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}