Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-121 (2026)

Indeterminate sentence

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Section 54-121 is repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 8825; 1969, P.A. 828, S. 214.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 26 cases, 1960–2017 · leading case: State v. Bell, 931 A.2d 198 (Conn. 2007).
State v. Bell, 931 A.2d 198 (Conn. 2007). · cites it 2× “828; the legislature: created the persistent offender statute to distinguish different categories of offenders on the basis of their relative dangerousness; added the trial court’s public interest determination; and provided that, upon making this determination, the court “may…”
State v. Rose, 362 A.2d 813 (Conn. 1975). · cites it 6× “He was also found guilty of being an habitual offender under the provisions of what was then § 54-121 of the General Statutes. He appealed from the judgment assigning error in (1) the denial of his motion to suppress evidence; (2) certain rulings on the admissibility of…”
Green v. Warden, 425 A.2d 128 (Conn. 1979). · cites it 5× “Prior to October 1,1971, General Statutes § 54-121 set forth the procedure by which a person was sentenced to the state prison for two or more separate offenses.”
Martin v. Flanagan, 789 A.2d 979 (Conn. 2002). · cites it 2× “29 , the defendant was convicted under an information in two parts; the first part charged him with several substantive offenses and the second part charged him with being an “ ‘habitual criminal’ ” under then General Statutes § 54-121. On appeal, this court held that, because…”
State v. Grady, 211 A.2d 674 (Conn. 1965). · cites it 4× “Subsequently, after adjudication of guilt under the first part of the information, Grady was put to plea under the second part of the information, which charged him with being an “habitual criminal” under General Statutes § 54-121. In the second part of the information, the…”
Consiglio v. Warden, Connecticut State Prison, 276 A.2d 773 (Conn. 1970). · cites it 2× “1 General Statutes § 54-121 provides that in a ease in which a person has been convicted as a third offender, “the court shall sentence such person to a maximum of thirty years.”
State v. Harris, 374 A.2d 203 (Conn. 1977). “…on the verdict, an appeal from the judgment that the defendant is an habitual criminal as charged pursuant to then § 54-121 of the General Statutes. The court sentenced the defendant to confinement in the Connecticut correctional institution at Somers for a term of eight to…”
State v. Clemons, 363 A.2d 33 (Conn. 1975). · cites it 2× “VII The defendant was found guilty, after a trial to the court, of being a third offender under § 54-121 *408 of the General Statutes, since repealed.”
Consiglio v. Warden, 220 A.2d 269 (Conn. 1966). · cites it 2× “The statutes which establish the punishments for most crimes set wide permissible limits, and under the Indeterminate Sentence Act (General Statutes § 54-121) the trial court determines, within those *676 limits, the maximum and minimum sentence to be imposed in each particular…”
State v. Gonski, 232 A.2d 483 (Conn. 1967). · cites it 2× “…is no error. In this opinion the other judges concurred. 1 The defendant pleaded guilty to being a habitual criminal. General Statutes § 54-121.”
State v. LaSelva, 303 A.2d 721 (Conn. 1972). · cites it 2× “” Under General Statutes § 54-121, a person to be imprisoned for more than one year may be sentenced to the state prison.”
State v. DeGennaro, 160 A.2d 480 (Conn. 1960). “In a second part of the information, the defendant DelVecchio was charged as a third offender and the defendant DeGennaro as a second offender, under the provisions of §§ 54-121 and 54-118 of the General Statutes.”
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