Connecticut General Statutes
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-167e (2026)
Aggravated assault of a public transit employee: Class C felony
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(a) A person is guilty of aggravated assault of a public transit employee when such person (1) commits assault of a person who is a public transit employee, as provided in section 53a-167c, and (2) in the commission of such offense, uses or is armed with and threatens the use of, or displays or represents by such person's words or conduct, that such person possesses a knife or box-cutter, or a pistol, revolver, shotgun, rifle, machine gun or other firearm.
(b) Aggravated assault of a public transit employee is a class C felony, except that such person shall be fined not more than twenty thousand dollars.
(P.A. 18-167, S. 11.)
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8
cases, 1986–2015 · leading case: State v. Woolcock, 518 A.2d 1377 (Conn. 1986).
State v. Woolcock, 518 A.2d 1377 (Conn. 1986). ““Obviously, you are forbidden to be drawn into any conversations on the subject matter relating to this case or anything that may be displayed about it.”
State v. Nixon, 630 A.2d 74 (Conn. App. Ct. 1993). “General Statutes § 53a-167e (a) (1) provides in pertinent part: “A person is guilty of assault of a .”
Durant Blake, A/K/A Terrel Carner, A/K/A Durant Stanley v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney Gen. of the United States, 481 F.3d 152 (2d Cir. 2007). “5 As the Court noted in that case, “[t]o be convicted of assaulting a police officer under CGS § 53a-167e(a)(l), the offender must injure an officer while intentionally preventing the officer from performing his or her official duties.”
State v. Nixon, 651 A.2d 1264 (Conn. 1995). “to 1991) § 53a-167e provides in relevant part: “(a) A person is guilty of assault of a[n] .”
State v. Taylor, 776 A.2d 1154 (Conn. App. Ct. 2001). “to 1995) § 53a-167e (a) provides in relevant part: “A person is guilty of assault of a[n] .”
State v. Lemoine, 659 A.2d 1194 (Conn. 1995). “to 1991) § 53a-167e provides in relevant part: “assault of a peace officer, fireman, employee of an emergency medical service organization or department of correction employee: class c felony, (a) A person is guilty of assault of a peace officer, fireman, employee of an…”
State v. Walker, 646 A.2d 209 (Conn. App. Ct. 1994). “which is a violation of § 53a-167e (1), interfering with a correctional officer’s performance of his duties, and causing physical injury to a correctional officer.”
Petrillo v. United States, 147 F. Supp. 3d 9 (D. Conn. 2015). “Petrillo’s counsel could have relied, the question of whether § 53a-167e(a) was categorically a crime of violence was far from decided, 10 and relying on Canada, Shepard, and Palmer , he could have made a strong argument that § 53-167c(a) is not categorically a crime a violence.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-167e(a) — 1 case
Petrillo v. United States, 147 F. Supp. 3d 9 (D. Conn. 2015). “Petrillo’s counsel could have relied, the question of whether § 53a-167e(a) was categorically a crime of violence was far from decided, 10 and relying on Canada, Shepard, and Palmer , he could have made a strong argument that § 53-167c(a) is not categorically a crime a violence.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-167e(a)(l) — 1 case
Durant Blake, A/K/A Terrel Carner, A/K/A Durant Stanley v. Alberto Gonzales, Attorney Gen. of the United States, 481 F.3d 152 (2d Cir. 2007). “5 As the Court noted in that case, “[t]o be convicted of assaulting a police officer under CGS § 53a-167e(a)(l), the offender must injure an officer while intentionally preventing the officer from performing his or her official duties.”
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