{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-40f","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-40f","heading":"Persistent operating while under the influence felony offender. Authorized sentences.","body":"(a) A persistent operating while under the influence felony offender is a person who (1) stands convicted of a violation of section 53a-56b or 53a-60d and (2) has, prior to the commission of the present crime and within the preceding ten years, been convicted of a violation of section 53a-56b, 53a-60d, 14-227a or 14-227m or subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 14-227n or been convicted in any other state of an offense the essential elements of which are substantially the same as section 53a-56b, 53a-60d, 14-227a or 14-227m or subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of section 14-227n.\n(b) When any person has been found to be a persistent operating while under the influence felony offender, the court, in lieu of imposing the sentence authorized by section 53a-35a for the crime of which such person presently stands convicted, may impose the sentence of imprisonment authorized by said section for the next more serious degree of felony.","path":["TITLE 53a. PENAL CODE","CHAPTER 952*. PENAL CODE: OFFENSES","PART II*. SENTENCES AND SENTENCING PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-40f","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":"c71c889c98f572f6d39b43b31e4dadf83c65afb4d2fd8a78e0446485fdc8c260","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-40e","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-53a-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}