(a) A person is guilty of criminal violation of a standing criminal protective order when an order issued pursuant to subsection (a) of section
53a-40e has been issued against such person, and such person violates such order.
(b) No person who is listed as a protected person in such standing criminal protective order may be criminally liable for (1) soliciting, requesting, commanding, importuning or intentionally aiding in the violation of the standing criminal protective order pursuant to subsection (a) of section 53a-8, or (2) conspiracy to violate such standing criminal protective order pursuant to section 53a-48.
(c) Criminal violation of a standing criminal protective order is a class D felony, except that any violation that involves (1) imposing any restraint upon the person or liberty of a person in violation of the standing criminal protective order, or (2) threatening, harassing, assaulting, molesting, sexually assaulting or attacking a person in violation of the standing criminal protective order is a class C felony.
(P.A. 96-228, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 37, 121; P.A. 10-144, S. 6; P.A. 11-152, S. 12; P.A. 14-217, S. 123.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective June 24, 1998; Sec. 53a-110c transferred to Sec. 53a-223a in 2001; P.A. 10-144 substituted “standing criminal protective order” for “standing criminal restraining order”; P.A. 11-152 added new Subsec. (b) to provide that no protected person may be criminally liable for specified offenses and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c); P.A. 14-217 amended Subsec. (c) to add provision re class C felony when violation involves imposing restraint upon the person or liberty of a person, or threatening, harassing, assaulting, molesting, sexually assaulting or attacking a person in violation of standing criminal protective order, effective January 1, 2015.
Use of the word “involves” in Subsec. (c) indicates that unit of prosecution is on a transactional basis and section permits criminal liability for each discrete act in violation of a restraining order. 337 C. 92.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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5 in the last 5 years), 2004–2026 · leading case:
State v. Douglas C., 285 A.3d 1067 (Conn. 2022).
State v. Douglas C., 285 A.3d 1067 (Conn. 2022).
· cites it 5× “, 106 (holding, based on interpretation of language of General Statutes § 53a-223a as required by § 1-2z, that legislature intended to criminalize each separate offense under § 53a-223a, not continuous course of conduct).13 If a statute does criminalize a continuing course of…”
State v. Meadows, 197 A.3d 464 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018).
· cites it 6× “*290 The defendant, Cody Meadows, was convicted after a jury trial of two counts of criminal violation of a standing criminal protective order in violation of General Statutes § 53a-223a, one count of threatening in the second degree in violation of General Statutes (Rev.”
State v. Brett B., 200 A.3d 706 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018).
· cites it 2× “, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of three counts of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a) and one count of violating a standing criminal protective order in violation of General Statutes § 53a-223a (a). The defendant claims…”
State v. Alexander, 847 A.2d 970 (Conn. 2004).
“In accordance with section 53a-223a, violation of a standing criminal restraining order issued by the court pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five years, a fine of not more than five…”
State v. Strich, 915 A.2d 891 (Conn. App. Ct. 2007).
“In accordance with section 53a-223a, violation of a standing criminal restraining order issued by the court pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than five years, a fine of not more than five…”
State v. Cody M., 259 A.3d 576 (Conn. 2020).
· cites it 26× “The statute can reasonably be read to prohibit either a course of conduct or discrete acts, each of which may be sufficient to constitute a violation.”
State v. Cody M., 259 A.3d 576 (Conn. 2020).
· cites it 26× “The statute can reasonably be read to prohibit either a course of conduct or discrete acts, each of which may be sufficient to constitute a violation.”
State v. Manns, 882 A.2d 703 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005).
· cites it 7× “The defendant, Steven Manns, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury *829 trial, of criminal violation of a no contact, standing criminal restraining order under General Statutes § 53a-223a and from the judgments rendered after the trial court found that…”
State v. Brown, 224 A.3d 905 (Conn. App. Ct. 2020).
· cites it 2× “4 The defendant was arrested and charged with criminal violation of a protective order in violation of General Statutes § 53a-223a; breach of the peace in the second degree in violation of § 53a-181 (a) (2); assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-61…”
Parrotta v. Parrotta, 988 A.2d 383 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010).
· cites it 2× “The defendant was subsequently arrested on April 7, 2009, in docket number CR-09-0166604-T, in which he is charged with violating a standing criminal restraining order in violation of General Statutes § 53a-223a and criminal possession of a weapon in violation of General…”
State v. Petteway, 332 A.3d 196 (Conn. 2025).
· cites it 2× “Because the defendant’s conduct functioned as a forfeiture of his right to self-representation, we disagree and affirm the judgment of the trial court.”
State v. Bard, 354 A.3d 721 (Conn. 2026).
· cites it 4× “A jury found the defendant, Kevin Bard, guilty of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a, criminal violation of a standing criminal protective order in violation of General Statutes § 53a-223a, and three counts of criminal violation of a protective order in violation…”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-223a(c): 1 case
State v. Meadows, 197 A.3d 464 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018).
“*290 The defendant, Cody Meadows, was convicted after a jury trial of two counts of criminal violation of a standing criminal protective order in violation of General Statutes § 53a-223a, one count of threatening in the second degree in violation of General Statutes (Rev.”
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