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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 29-348 (2025)

(Formerly Sec. 29-88). Illegal possession

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Any person, having in his possession any explosive for which he has not a bill of sale or who cannot produce legal evidence showing that he obtained such explosive by a legal transfer, shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than ten years or both for each offense.

(1949 Rev., S. 4136; 1971, P.A. 391, S. 2.)

History: 1971 act substituted “transfer” for “sale”; Sec. 29-88 transferred to Sec. 29-348 in 1983.

Annotation to former section 29-88:

Cited. 199 C. 591.

Annotation to present section:

Possession of an explosive in violation of section and manufacturing a bomb in violation of Sec. 53-80a are not the same offense. 152 CA 753; judgment reversed on alternate grounds, see 320 C. 589.

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Cited in 4 cases, 2005–2016 · leading case: State v. Kalman, 868 A.2d 766 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005).
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State v. Kalman, 868 A.2d 766 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “1 The acquittee was charged with one count of illegal possession of explosives in violation of General Statutes § 29-348, one count of possession of narcotics with the intent to sell in violation of General Statutes § 2 la-277 (a), one count of operating a drug factory in…”
State v. Jamison, 134 A.3d 560 (Conn. 2016). · cites it 2× “The state appeals, following our grant of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court, which reversed in part the judgment of the trial court convicting the defendant, Kenneth Jamison, fol- lowing a jury trial, of, inter alia, illegal possession of an explosive in…”
Cook v. Warden, State Prison, 915 A.2d 935 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “This sentence was imposed as a result of the petitioner’s November 14, 2002 conviction on one count of illegal possession of explosives in violation of General Statutes § 29-348. The petitioner is currently serving that sentence in the custody of the department of correction.”
State v. Jamison, 99 A.3d 1273 (Conn. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 2× “’’ 10 General Statutes § 29-348 provides: ‘‘Any person, having in his posses- sion any explosive for which he has not a bill of sale or who cannot produce legal evidence showing that he obtained such explosive by a legal transfer, shall be fined not more than ten thousand…”
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