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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-4 (2025)

Term of office of executive appointees

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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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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, 328 A.3d 143 (Conn. 2025). · cites it 9× “In this direct appeal, the defendant contends that (1) the evidence 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 the…”
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, 240 A.3d 1039 (Conn. 2020). · cites it 5× “He also argues that these underlying facts would have established Chase’s motive, intent, and interest—namely, that Chase had similarly attempted to steal the defendant’s car to finance his drug habit and had testified against the defendant to cover up his own illegal…”
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, 229 A.3d 1047 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 3× “158–59 (if self-defense not an issue, evidence of alleged victim’s character immaterial); E.”
State v. Joseph V., 230 A.3d 644 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020). · cites it 2× “The prosecutor responded to the arguments of defense counsel by reiterating that the state did not seek to present the evidence to show the defendant’s propensity to engage in aberrant sexual behavior with children. Instead, the prosecutor argued, the state sought to introduce…”
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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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