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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-94a (2026)

Kidnapping in the second degree with a firearm: Class B felony: Three years not suspendable

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(a) A person is guilty of kidnapping in the second degree with a firearm when he commits kidnapping in the second degree, as provided in section 53a-94, and in the commission of such offense he uses or is armed with and threatens the use of or uses 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 convicted of kidnapping in the second degree and kidnapping 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) Kidnapping in the second degree with a firearm is a class B felony for which three years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court.

(P.A. 75-380, S. 10; P.A. 92-260, S. 37; P.A. 93-148, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 92-260 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 93-148 amended Subsec. (b) to increase from one year to three years the length of the nonsuspendable sentence.

Cited. 188 C. 697; 200 C. 523; 201 C. 115; 207 C. 412; 210 C. 110; 211 C. 672; 216 C. 282.

Cited. 9 CA 648; 46 CA 741. Although defendant did not physically restrain victim during her confinement, his threat against victim's life while armed with deadly weapon was evidence from which jury could reasonably infer that defendant possessed specific intent to prevent victim's liberation; defendant could not prevail on argument that section is unconstitutionally vague for failing to provide notice that any restraint of victim, even for a very brief time, could constitute the crime of kidnapping; case is not one of the rare cases where the restraint is so minimal or limited in time as to warrant a finding of unconstitutional vagueness. 133 CA 514.

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Cited in 17 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1979–2024 · leading case: State v. Shockley, 453 A.2d 441 (Conn. 1982).
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State v. Shockley, 453 A.2d 441 (Conn. 1982). · cites it 12× “On July 24, 1978, the defendant was arrested and charged in a three count information with kidnapping in the second degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-94a; sexual assault in the first degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70a and…”
State v. Ayala, 36 A.3d 274 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 9× “, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial, of burglary in the second degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-102a (a), burglary in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-101 (a) (3), kidnapping in the second…”
White v. Comm'r of Corr., 154 A.3d 1054 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 4× “3 He was sentenced by the trial court to fifteen years incarceration on the kidnapping charge and ten years incarceration on the burglary charge, both sentences to run concurrently, for a total effective sentence of fifteen years.”
State v. Blango, 927 A.2d 964 (Conn. App. Ct. 2007). · cites it 4× “The defendant, Emmanuel Blango, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after *103 a jury trial, of aggravated sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70a (a) (l), 1 kidnapping in the second degree with a firearm in violation of…”
State v. Paolella, 561 A.2d 111 (Conn. 1989). · cites it 7× “The defendant, Joseph Paolella, was convicted after a trial to the court 1 of kidnapping in the second degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-94a 2 and assault in the third degree *674 in violation of General Statutes § 53a-61 (a) (1).”
State v. White, 906 A.2d 728 (Conn. App. Ct. 2006). · cites it 7× “White III, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after *765 a jury trial, of kidnapping in the second degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-94a (a) 2 and burglary in the second degree with a firearm in violation of General Statutes § 53a-102a…”
Colon v. Comm'r of Corr., 177 A.3d 1162 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “" On June 9, 2009, while represented by Romano, the petitioner pleaded guilty to additional charges, brought in the judicial district of Middlesex, of robbery in the first degree in violation of § 53a-134(a)(2), burglary in the first degree in violation of § 53a-101(a)(1), and…”
State v. Boyd, 424 A.2d 279 (Conn. 1979). · cites it 4× “He contends that the use of the designation, subsection “(a),” in the information charging a violation of *602 General Statutes § 53a-94 (a) 1 was constitutionally confusing in that it led him to believe that the state was proceeding against him under General Statutes § 53a-94a.…”
State v. Gray, 512 A.2d 217 (Conn. 1986). · cites it 2× “, the defendant was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-134 (a) (4), two counts of being an accessory to robbery in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-134 (a) (4) and 53a-8, two…”
Sutton v. Lopes, 513 A.2d 139 (Conn. 1986). · cites it 2× “On July 7, 1981, he pleaded guilty to the offenses of sexual assault in the first degree; General Statutes § 53a-70; kidnapping in the second degree; General Statutes § 53a-94a; and threatening; General Statutes § 53a-62; as charged in the state’s substitute information.”
State v. Paolella, 554 A.2d 702 (Conn. 1989). · cites it 2× “Ultimately, the trial court found the defendant not guilty of count two, kidnapping in the first degree, but found him guilty of kidnapping in the second degree with a firearm, in violation of General Statutes § 53a-94a (a), 6 a lesser *115 included offense of count one, and…”
Plourde v. Liburdi, 540 A.2d 1054 (Conn. 1988). “…(b), Sexual assault in the third degree with a firearm; § 53a-92a (b), kidnapping in the first degree with a firearm; § 53a-94a (b), kidnapping in the second degree with a firearm; § 53a-101 (c), burglary in the first degree; § 53a-102a (b), burglary in the second degree with…”
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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-94a(a): 1 case
Colon v. Comm'r of Corr., 177 A.3d 1162 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). “" On June 9, 2009, while represented by Romano, the petitioner pleaded guilty to additional charges, brought in the judicial district of Middlesex, of robbery in the first degree in violation of § 53a-134(a)(2), burglary in the first degree in violation of § 53a-101(a)(1), and…”
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