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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-4 (2026)

Term of office of executive appointees

✓ current as of May 2026
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The term of office of each officer appointed by the Governor or by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of the General Assembly or either branch thereof, unless otherwise provided by law, shall commence on the first day of July following his appointment, except that the term of office of the Governor's staff, executive secretary and clerk shall commence from the date of their respective appointments.

(1949 Rev., S. 98.)

See Sec. 4-6 re appointment and terms of department heads.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 42 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 1984–2025 · leading case: State v. Whitford, 799 A.2d 1034 (Conn. 2002).
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State v. Whitford, 799 A.2d 1034 (Conn. 2002). · cites it 14× “” Consistent with this stated purpose and vision, § 4-4 of the Connecticut Code of Evidence embodies, in relevant part, the holding of Padula and its progeny.”
State v. Hedge, 1 A.3d 1051 (Conn. 2010). · cites it 6× “Finally, as an alternative basis for upholding the trial court’s exclusion of the proffered evidence, the state asserts that the evidence is inadmissible under §§ 4-4 (a) 6 and 4-5 (a) 7 of the Connecticut Code of Evidence, which preclude, with certain exceptions not applicable…”
State v. Osimanti, 6 A.3d 790 (Conn. 2010). · cites it 5× “§ 4-4 (a) (2). 12 “[W]e joined a majority of courts when we *14 expanded this rule to allow the accused to introduce evidence of the victim’s violent character to prove that the victim was the aggressor, regardless of whether such character evidence had been communicated to the…”
State v. Johnson, 351 Conn. 53 (Conn. 2025). · cites it 9× “In this direct appeal, the defendant contends that (1) the evi- dence was insufficient to defeat his claims of self- defense and defense of others with respect to Wooten, and (2) the trial court improperly excluded evidence of Taylor’s violent character under § 4-4 (a) (2) of…”
State v. DeJesus, 953 A.2d 45 (Conn. 2008). · cites it 2× “2d 1034 (§ 4-4 of code codified common-law jurisprudence concerning character evidence); Harlan v.”
State v. Rivera, 335 Conn. 720 (Conn. 2020). · cites it 5× “The defendant argues that, because a larceny conviction is probative of veracity, these underlying facts would have impeached Chase’s credibility and, thus, were admissible under §§ 4-4 and 6-6 of the Con- necticut Code of Evidence.”
State v. Jordan, 186 A.3d 1 (Conn. 2018). · cites it 2× “5 *6 Subsection (b) of § 4-4 provides that proof **280 of the victim's violent character may be made through reputation or opinion testimony or by evidence of the victim's conviction of a violent crime.”
State v. Jackson, 896 A.2d 137 (Conn. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 4× ““Subsection (b) of § 4-4 provides that proof of the victim’s violent character may be made through reputation or opinion testimony or by evidence of the victim’s conviction of a violent crime.”
Perez v. D & L Tractor Trailer Sch., 981 A.2d 497 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009). · cites it 2× “” On appeal, the plaintiff claims that the court improperly admitted evidence of the defendant’s character in violation of Connecticut Code of Evidence § 4-4. 12 The basis of the plaintiffs appellate claim, improper character evidence, however, was not the basis of her claim at…”
State v. Sanseverino, 949 A.2d 1156 (Conn. 2008). “§ 4-4 (c) and commentary. 1 The majority observes that “[w]e may apply the rule announced in Salamon to the present case because this court long has stated that a rule enunciated in a case presumptively applies retroactively to pending cases.”
State v. Hargett, 196 Conn. App. 228 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 3× “1, pp. 158–59 (if self-defense not an issue, evidence of alleged victim’s character immaterial); E.”
State v. Joseph V., 196 Conn. App. 712 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “’’ Defense counsel then argued that the evidence tended to malign the defendant’s character and was inadmissible under § 4-4 of the Connecticut Code of Evidence,29 and that the evidence was not relevant to proving motive, intent, or identity.”
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— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-4(b) — 1 case
State v. Jordan, 140 A.3d 421 (Conn. App. Ct. 2016).
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