Connecticut General Statutes
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-60a (2026)
Assault in the second degree with a firearm: Class D or C felony: One year not suspendable
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(a) A person is guilty of assault in the second degree with a firearm when he commits assault in the second degree as provided in section 53a-60, and in the commission of such offense he uses or is armed with and threatens the use of or displays or represents by his words or conduct that he possesses a pistol, revolver, machine gun, shotgun, rifle or other firearm. No person shall be found guilty of assault in the second degree and assault in the second degree with a firearm upon the same transaction but such person may be charged and prosecuted for both such offenses upon the same information.
(b) Assault in the second degree with a firearm is (1) a class D felony, or (2) if the offense resulted in serious physical injury, a class C felony, for which, in either case under subdivision (1) or subdivision (2) of this subsection, one year of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court.
(P.A. 75-380, S. 5; P.A. 19-132, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 19-132 amended Subsec. (b) by designating existing provision re class D felony penalty as Subdiv. (1), adding Subdiv. (2) re class C felony penalty, and making a conforming change.
Cited. 198 C. 424; 200 C. 642; 201 C. 368; 207 C. 412; 216 C. 282.
Cited. 2 CA 617; 5 CA 590; 9 CA 648; 23 CA 502; 45 CA 591.
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 25
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2024 · leading case: State v. Ancona, 854 A.2d 718 (Conn. 2004).
State v. Ancona, 854 A.2d 718 (Conn. 2004). “The first information charged him with assault in the second degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60a 6 and assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (2).”
State v. Abdalaziz, 696 A.2d 1310 (Conn. App. Ct. 1997). “to 1991) § 53a-60 (a) (2) or (3), 4 assault in the second degree with a firearm in violation *597 of General Statutes § 53a-60a, 5 and assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-61 (a) (3).”
State v. Abdalaziz, 729 A.2d 725 (Conn. 1999). “18 The proposed instructions state that the defendant had an honest but unreasonable belief in the need to use deadly force and, therefore, he could be found guilty of the lesser included offenses of assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (3),…”
State v. Doehrer, 513 A.2d 58 (Conn. 1986). “The defendant, Joseph Doehrer, was indicted for murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a), and charged by information with assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-59 (a) (1) and assault in the second degree with a firearm in violation of…”
State v. Torres, 703 A.2d 1164 (Conn. App. Ct. 1997). “” The fourth count charged the defendant with the crime of assault in the second degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-60a and 53a-60 (a) (2), 3 alleging that “with intent to cause physi *208 cal injury to another person, [he] caused such injury to Will…”
State v. Hart, 503 A.2d 588 (Conn. 1986). “The defendant, Lawrence Hart, was charged with the crimes of assault in the second degree, *425 in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60 (a) (2), 1 and assault in the second degree with a firearm, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60a (a). 2 On a trial to the jury, the…”
State v. Kukucka, 186 A.3d 1171 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018). “Although the jury also found the defendant guilty of unlawful restraint in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-95 (a) and assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60a (a) (1), the trial court did not enter judgment on those charges…”
Plourde v. Liburdi, 540 A.2d 1054 (Conn. 1988). “…in the second degree with a firearm; § 53a-59a (c), assault of victim sixty or older in the first degree; § 53a-60a (b), assault in the second degree with a firearm; § 53a-60b (c), assault of victim sixty or older in the second degree; § 53a-70 (b), sexual assault…”
State v. Veal, 517 A.2d 615 (Conn. 1986). “1 The defendant was simultaneously charged with the crime of assault in the second degree with a firearm, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60a (a), 2 but that charge has been resolved by a plea of nolo contendere.”
State v. Belanger, 738 A.2d 1109 (Conn. App. Ct. 1999). “” General Statutes § 53a-60a provides in relevant part: “(a) A person is guilty of assault in the second degree with a firearm when he commits assault in the second degree as provided in section 53a-60, and in the commission of such offense he uses or is armed with and threatens…”
State v. Taxiltaridis, 481 A.2d 98 (Conn. App. Ct. 1984). “The jury found the defendant guilty of assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-60a, of threatening in violation of General Statutes § 53a-62, and of reckless endangerment in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-63.”
Cox v. Comm'r of Corr., 14 A.3d 421 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011). “On November 10, 1993, the petitioner pleaded guilty under the Alford *311 doctrine 1 to murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a, felony murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54c, assault in the second degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes §…”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-60a(a) — 1 case
Blackmon v. United States (D. Conn. 2019).
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-60a(b) — 1 case
Blackmon v. United States (D. Conn. 2019).
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