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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-40 (2025)

Blackmail

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Section 53-40 is repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 8379; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)

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Cited in 7 cases, 1959–2001 · leading case: State v. Bassett, 200 A.2d 473 (Conn. 1964).
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State v. Bassett, 200 A.2d 473 (Conn. 1964). · cites it 7× “The defendant, Harold Bassett, was found guilty by a jury on three counts, which alleged violations of General Statutes § 53-40, the blackmail statute, which is printed in the footnote.”
State v. Foshay, 530 A.2d 611 (Conn. App. Ct. 1987). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 53-40 (g) provides: “When any person has been found to be a persistent serious felony offender, and the court is of the opinion that his history and character and the nature and circumstances of his criminal conduct indicate that extended incarceration will…”
State v. Toccaline, 783 A.2d 450 (Conn. 2001). “to 1995) § 53-40 (a). 4 *545 The defendant had been charged in the first part of a two part information with one count of sexual assault in the first degree, two counts of sexual assault in the fourth degree, and three counts of risk of injury to a child.”
United States v. Feudale, 271 F. Supp. 115 (D. Conn. 1967). · cites it 3× “6 The case will be continued pending a pre-sentence investigation and receipt by the Court of a pre-sentence report, at which time counsel and defendant will be notified as to a date for disposition.”
McMahon v. Florio, 166 A.2d 204 (Conn. 1960). · cites it 2× “General Statutes §§ 53-40, 54-60. *706 The plaintiff was tried in the Town Court of East Haven on March 31,1956.”
State v. Archambault, 153 A.2d 451 (Conn. 1959). · cites it 2× “The defendant was arraigned on an information charging the crime of blackmail under what is now § 53-40 of the 1958 Bevision. A demurrer to the substituted information was overruled and he was found guilty after a plea of nolo contendere was accepted.”
State v. McNellis, 195 A.2d 572 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1963). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 53-40. On January 16, 1963, at approximately 1 a.”
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