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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-73 (2025)

Rape in the second degree: Class C felony

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Section 53a-73 is repealed.

(1969, P.A. 828, S. 74; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 129.)

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Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1989–2022 · leading case: State v. Carlos P., 157 A.3d 723 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017).
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State v. Carlos P., 157 A.3d 723 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 3× “arrested in January, 2013, and charged with sexual assault in the first degree in violation of § 53a-70 (a) (2), attempted sexual assault in the first degree in violation of §§ 53a-49 and 53a-70 (a) (2), risk of injury to a child in violation of § 53-21 (a) (2), risk of injury…”
State v. Barry A., 76 A.3d 211 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 3× “, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (1), two counts of sexual assault in the second degree in violation of § 53a-71 (a) (4), one count of sexual…”
State v. Harris, 844 S.W.2d 601 (Tenn. 1992). “§§ 18-3-405 , Sexual assault on a 2-8 years 18-1-105(IV) child Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-73(a) Sexual assault in the less than a year fourth degree Del.”
State v. Marcelino S., 984 A.2d 1148 (Conn. App. Ct. 2009). “Specifically, it concluded that each of those crimes requires proof of a fact that the other does not and that the legislature did not intend to prohibit multiple punishments for the conduct underlying the two charges.”
State v. Jose A. B., 270 A.3d 656 (Conn. 2022). “t of his conviction of two counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of § 53-21 (a) (2), in addition to his conviction of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of § 53a- 70 (a) (2), attempt to commit sexual assault in the first degree in violation of §§ 53a-70…”
Harasz v. Katz, 327 F. Supp. 3d 418 (D. Conn. 2018). “§ 53a-70 and § 53a-73 (sexual assault). On November 22, 2011, Judge Taylor of the Connecticut Superior Court, sitting in Manchester, signed the arrest affidavit, thereby converting that document into a warrant for Plaintiff Harasz's arrest.”
State v. LW, 999 A.2d 5 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010). “In the interest of simplicity, we refer to the current revision of § 53a-73(a)(1)(A). [3] We note that the conduct that gave rise to the risk of injury charges allegedly occurred between 2000 and 2002.”
State v. L.W., 289 Conn. 455 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010). “In the interest of simplicity, we refer to the current revision of § 53a-73 (a) (1) (A). We note that the conduct that gave rise to the risk of injury charges allegedly occurred between 2000 and 2002.”
State v. DeMayo, 557 A.2d 571 (Conn. App. Ct. 1989). · cites it 2× “The defendant appeals from judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of risk *298 of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 1 and two counts of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-73 (a) (1) (A).…”
State v. Gode, 74 A.3d 497 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 2× “judgments of conviction, rendered after a consolidated jury trial, of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a) (1), unlawful restraint in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-96 (a), threatening in the second degree in…”
City of Ansonia v. Stanley, 854 A.2d 101 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2004). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 53a-73 (a). Connecticut criminal statutes also proscribe stalking and harassment, offenses classified as misdemeanors.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-73(a): 1 case
State v. Harris, 844 S.W.2d 601 (Tenn. 1992). “§§ 18-3-405 , Sexual assault on a 2-8 years 18-1-105(IV) child Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-73(a) Sexual assault in the less than a year fourth degree Del.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-73(a)(1)(A): 1 case
State v. LW, 999 A.2d 5 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010). “In the interest of simplicity, we refer to the current revision of § 53a-73(a)(1)(A). [3] We note that the conduct that gave rise to the risk of injury charges allegedly occurred between 2000 and 2002.”
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