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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-72 (2026)

Rape in the first degree: Class B felony

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Section 53a-72 is repealed.

(1969, P.A. 828, S. 73; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 125; P.A. 75-619, S. 7.)

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Cited in 54 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1973–2022 · leading case: State v. Mastropetre, 400 A.2d 276 (Conn. 1978).
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State v. Mastropetre, 400 A.2d 276 (Conn. 1978). · cites it 8× “By information dated December 31, 1974, as supplemented by a bill of particulars, the defendant was charged with rape in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-72. [1] Specifically, the state alleged that the defendant engaged *514 in sexual intercourse with the…”
State v. Frazier, 440 A.2d 916 (Conn. 1981). · cites it 4× “The defendant was found guilty by a jury on all counts of a thirteen-count information charging him with rape in the first degree (four counts) in violation of General Statutes § 53a-72 (a) (1) 1 deviate sexual intercourse in the first degree (three counts) in violation of…”
State v. Williamson, 539 A.2d 561 (Conn. 1988). · cites it 4× “The trial court did the same for General Statutes § 53a-94, kidnapping in the second degree; it read the statute, defined key terms such as “abduct” and “restrain” and instructed correctly on each essential element of that crime and later summarized each essential element.”
State v. Harden, 398 A.2d 1169 (Conn. 1978). · cites it 3× “General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (1). As defined by the applicable provision of § 53a-66 (a), however, lack of consent results from either forcible compulsion or incapacity to consent.”
State v. Chapman, 632 A.2d 674 (Conn. 1993). · cites it 6× “3 Prior to 1975, a person who compelled sexual assault could be charged with sexual misconduct, a misdemeanor, defined in General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) as sexual intercourse with a female without her consent, or rape, a felony, defined in General Statutes § 53a-72 (a) as sexual…”
State v. Nunes, 800 A.2d 1160 (Conn. 2002). · cites it 2× “” The jury returned a verdict of not gufity on one count of sexual assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-72 (a) (1) (A), and one count of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-73a (a) (2).”
State v. Kish, 443 A.2d 1274 (Conn. 1982). · cites it 2× “” 9 Our penal eode as originally enacted provided, in relevant part, in General Statutes § 53a-72 (a): “A male is guilty of rape in the first degree when he engages in sexual intercourse with a female: (1) By forcible compulsion.”
State v. Rodgers, 502 A.2d 360 (Conn. 1985). · cites it 2× “to 1975) § 53a-72. In that year, § 53a-72 was repealed and its provisions divided between our present § 53a-70, sexual assault in the first degree, and § 53a-71, sexual assault in the second degree.”
Rawling v. City of New Haven, 537 A.2d 439 (Conn. 1988). · cites it 2× “The plaintiff was charged with committing the crimes of sexual assault in the third degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-72 and unlawful restraint in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-96.”
State v. Dolphin, 525 A.2d 509 (Conn. 1987). · cites it 2× “The crimes listed are as follows: “(A) The crimes enumerated in subdivision (1), the crime of murder, or an attempt to commit any of said crimes or murder; or (B) prior to October 1, 1975, any of the crimes enumerated in Section 53a-72, 53a-75 or 53a-78 of the general statutes,…”
State v. Warren, 544 A.2d 209 (Conn. App. Ct. 1988). · cites it 4× “In 1975, however, General Statutes § 53a-72 was repealed and its provisions divided between sexual assault in the first degree, General Statutes § 53a-70, and sexual assault in the second degree, General Statutes § 53a-71.”
State v. Bennett, 374 A.2d 247 (Conn. 1977). · cites it 2× “The defendant has briefed and argued three claims of error. He claims that the trial court erred in its charge and supplemental charge on the law of alibi and in failing to charge on that subject in language requested by the defendant, in its comments to the jury concerning the…”
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