Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 21-8 (2025)

Witnesses for state not to be prosecuted

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No person who testifies for the state in any prosecution for any unlawful exhibition or erection or construction therefor or forfeiture accruing therefrom shall thereafter be prosecuted for anything about which he has so testified.

(1949 Rev., S. 4646.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2007–2008 · leading case: Rivers v. City of New Britain, 950 A.2d 1247 (Conn. 2008).
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Rivers v. City of New Britain, 950 A.2d 1247 (Conn. 2008). “The special defense alleged that the [city] was not liable for the plaintiffs fall because it had adopted ordinance § 21-8. lc in January, 1996, in accordance with the provisions of § 7-163a.”
Rivers v. City of New Britain, 913 A.2d 1146 (Conn. App. Ct. 2007). “The special defense alleged that the defendant was not liable for the plaintiffs fall because it had adopted ordinance § 21-8. 1c in January, 1996, in accordance with the provisions of § 7-163a.”
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