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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-180 (2025)

Criminal terms and sessions

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(a) There shall be a term of the Superior Court for criminal business on the first Tuesday of each month in each judicial district.

(b) The court shall sit during any term in a judicial district for the trial of any person confined to a community correctional center on the first day of the term for want of bail who applies to the court for such trial.

(1949 Rev., S. 7622; 1951, 1955, S. 3111d; November, 1955, S. N227; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 30; 1969, P.A. 297; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 15; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 20; P.A. 78-280, S. 4, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 87.)

History: 1967 act changed sessions from three to four times each year; 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”; 1972 acts added reference to judicial districts and deleted specific reference to sessions in Waterbury in New Haven county, effective September 5, 1972; P.A. 78-280 deleted references to counties; P.A. 82-248 reworded section, divided section into Subsecs. and deleted provision re sitting of court for criminal sessions as fixed by judges.

See Sec. 51-183a re procedure when a judge is unable to hold court.

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Cited in 2 cases, 1959–1961 · leading case: State v. Belanger, 167 A.2d 245 (Conn. 1961).
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State v. Belanger, 167 A.2d 245 (Conn. 1961). · cites it 2× “Testimony was admitted relating to the conduct of Belanger just prior to his arrest and the conduct of both defendants after their arrest.”
State v. Holloway, 156 A.2d 466 (Conn. 1959). “1958, § 51-180); Rev. 1949, §8725 (as amended, Rev.”
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