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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-39a (2025)

Use of judicial office for financial gain prohibited

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No judge of the Supreme Court, Appellate Court or Superior Court or any family support magistrate shall use his judicial office or any confidential information received through his holding judicial office to obtain financial gain for himself, his spouse, child, child's spouse, parent, brother or sister or a business with which he is associated.

(P.A. 84-435, S. 3, 6; P.A. 89-360, S. 23, 45.)

History: P.A. 84-435 effective July 1, 1985; P.A. 89-360 applied provisions to family support magistrates.

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Cited in 4 cases, 1993–2000 · leading case: State v. Fuller, 744 A.2d 931 (Conn. App. Ct. 2000).
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State v. Fuller, 744 A.2d 931 (Conn. App. Ct. 2000). · cites it 4× “The defendant suggests, without any analysis, that her request for disqualification was grounded “upon constitutional guarantees of due process 32 and upon General Statutes § 51-39a, 33 which required disqualification when a judge’s impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”
In re Zoarski, 632 A.2d 1114 (Conn. 1993). “irds of each house of the general assembly as provided in the Connecticut constitution, a judge shall be subject, in the manner and under the procedures provided in this chapter to censure, suspension or removal from office for (1) conduct prejudicial to the impartial and…”
In re Flanagan, 690 A.2d 865 (Conn. 1997). “irds of each house of the General Assembly as provided in the Connecticut constitution, a judge shall be subject, in the manner and under the procedures provided in this chapter to censure, suspension or removal from office for (1) conduct prejudicial to the impartial and…”
In re Dean, 717 A.2d 176 (Conn. 1998). · cites it 2× “irds of each house of the General Assembly as provided in the Connecticut constitution, a judge shall be subject, in the manner and under the procedures provided in this chapter to censure, suspension or removal from office for (1) conduct prejudicial to the impartial and…”
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