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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-54e (2026)

Construction of statutes re capital felony committed prior to April 25, 2012

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The provisions of subsection (t) of section 1-1 and section 54-194 shall apply and be given full force and effect with respect to a capital felony committed prior to April 25, 2012, under the provisions of section 53a-54b in effect prior to April 25, 2012.

(P.A. 12-5, S. 38.)

History: P.A. 12-5 effective April 25, 2012.

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Cited in 13 cases, 1976–2013 · leading case: State v. Cerreta, 796 A.2d 1176 (Conn. 2002).
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State v. Cerreta, 796 A.2d 1176 (Conn. 2002). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 53a-54e provides in relevant part: “A person is guilty of murder when, acting either alone or with one or more persons, he commits or attempts to commit .”
State v. Jackson, 407 A.2d 948 (Conn. 1978). · cites it 3× “1 General Statutes § 53a-54e provides, in pertinent part: “A person is guilty of murder when aeting either alone or with one or more persons, he commits or attempts to commit robbery .”
State v. Lewis, 717 A.2d 1140 (Conn. 1998). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 53a-54e provides: “Felony murder.”
State v. Boyd, 570 A.2d 1125 (Conn. 1990). · cites it 2× “The defendant, Terrence Boyd, was charged in a substitute information with the crimes of felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54e, 1 burglary in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-101 (a) (2), larceny in the third degree in violation of…”
State v. Hasan, 534 A.2d 877 (Conn. 1987). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 53a-54e provides in relevant part: “felony murder.”
State v. Washington, 438 A.2d 1144 (Conn. 1980). “After trial in the Superior Court, the defendant was found guilty by a jury of twelve of felony murder in violation of § 53a-54e of the General Statutes, and was sentenced by the court to a term of imprisonment of fifteen years to life.”
State v. Carter, 438 A.2d 778 (Conn. 1980). · cites it 2× “74-186, § 11, now General Statutes § 53a-54e. The defendant did not testify on his own behalf.”
State v. Conn, 662 A.2d 68 (Conn. 1995). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 53a-54e provides: “felony murder.”
State v. Vinal, 534 A.2d 613 (Conn. 1987). · cites it 2× “and, in the course of and in furtherance of such crime ... he, or another participant, if any, causes the death of a person other than one of the participants .”
Boyd v. Lantz, 487 F. Supp. 2d 3 (D. Conn. 2007). · cites it 2× “Terrence Boyd, the petitioner, is serving a twenty-five year sentence of incarceration at the State of Connecticut’s Osborn Correctional Institution after pleading guilty to felony murder, in violation of Conn. Gen.Stat. § 53a-54e. He now seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant…”
Turcio v. Manson, 439 A.2d 437 (Conn. 1982). “The petitioner was tried to a jury and convicted of the crimes of felony murder in violation of § 53a-54e of the General Statutes, assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1) and robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §…”
State v. Miranda, 75 A.3d 742 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013). “A jury later found him guilty of capital felony in violation *501 of § 53a-54b (5), murder in violation of § 53a-54a, felony murder in violation of § 53a-54e, and kidnapping in the first degree in violation of § 53a-92 (a) (2) (A).”
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