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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-58a (2026)

Negligent homicide with a motor vehicle

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Section 53a-58a is repealed.

(P.A. 73-639, S. 5; P.A. 81-26, S. 2.)

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PART V

ASSAULT AND RELATED OFFENSES

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases, 1977–2008 · leading case: State v. Kluttz, 521 A.2d 178 (Conn. App. Ct. 1987).
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State v. Kluttz, 521 A.2d 178 (Conn. App. Ct. 1987). · cites it 12× “This placement of it within the penal code, however, was something of an anomaly, because penal code offenses generally require a particular criminal mental state, such as intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or criminal negligence; see General Statutes § 53a-5; all of which…”
State v. Russo, 450 A.2d 857 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1982). · cites it 17× “The defendant was convicted after a jury trial of negligent homicide with a motor vehicle, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-58a. The issues raised by the defendant in this appeal involve the constitutionality of that statute, the admissibility of cer *428 tain evidence,…”
State v. Wilkinson, 408 A.2d 232 (Conn. 1979). · cites it 4× “statute [General Statutes § 53a-58a] and the one under which the accused are charged.”
Hoover v. State, 958 A.2d 816 (Del. 2008). “Conn. Gen.Stat. § 53a-58a (repealed 1981).”
State v. Bunkley, 522 A.2d 795 (Conn. 1987). “He points out, however, that common law crimes were abolished following the adoption of our penal code in 1969, and further points out that our penal code contains specific sections pertaining to death caused by improper operation of an automobile; see General Statutes §§…”
Commonwealth v. Heck, 491 A.2d 212 (Pa. 1985). “In any event decisions that have addressed the constitutional issue and held that ordinary negligence is a sufficient level of culpability upon which to predicate liability for vehicular homicide have failed to convince us of the unsoundness of our position taken in this opinion.”
Commonwealth v. Koch, 443 A.2d 1157 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1982). “For example, in Connecticut the definition of negligent homicide with a motor vehicle is as follows: A person is guilty of negligent homicide with a motor vehicle when in consequence of the negligent operation of a motor vehicle he causes the death of another person.”
State v. Waterhouse, 394 A.2d 205 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1977). · cites it 3× “In 1973, however, the legislature enacted § 53a-58a, a class B misdemeanor. This statute is substantially similar to § 14-218 except that the penalty is slightly different.”
State v. Anonymous (1980-5), 36 Conn. Supp. 527 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1979). · cites it 2× “The thrust of this argument would seem to apply to a number of other statutes prohibiting certain acts with a motor vehicle which have usually been regarded as criminal, such as misconduct with a motor vehicle in violation of General Statutes § 53a-57 or negligent homicide with…”
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