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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-169 (2025)

Arrest warrant of judge

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Whenever any person within this state is charged on the oath of any credible person before any judge of any court of this state having criminal jurisdiction with the commission of any crime in any other state and, except in cases arising under section 54-162, with having fled from justice, or having been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement, or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, or whenever complaint has been made before such judge in this state setting forth on the affidavit of any credible person in another state that a crime has been committed in such other state and that the accused has been charged in such state with the commission of the crime and, except in cases arising under section 54-162, has fled from justice, or with having been convicted of a crime in that state and having escaped from confinement, or having broken the terms of his bail, probation or parole, and is believed to be in this state, the judge shall issue a warrant directed to any peace officer commanding him to apprehend the person named therein, wherever he may be found in this state, and to bring him before the same or any other judge or court who or which may be available in or convenient of access to the place where the arrest may be made, to answer the charge or complaint and affidavit, and a certified copy of the sworn charge or complaint and affidavit upon which the warrant is issued shall be attached to the warrant.

(1957, P.A. 362, S. 13; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 157.)

History: 1959 act deleted references to trial justice.

Warrant necessary for arrest under Uniform Criminal Extradition Act. 146 C. 509. Cited. 157 C. 38; 186 C. 404; 190 C. 631; 193 C. 116; Id., 270.

Cited. 26 CS 469.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1966–2020 · leading case: Clark v. Comm'r of Corr., 917 A.2d 1 (Conn. 2007).
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Clark v. Comm'r of Corr., 917 A.2d 1 (Conn. 2007). · cites it 2× “17 We note that General Statutes §§ 54-169 and 54-171, which pertain to the arrest and commitment of persons whose extradition has been sought by the executive authority of another state, also distinguish between extradition cases “arising under section 54-162” and those…”
Glavin v. Warden, 311 A.2d 86 (Conn. 1972). · cites it 4× “The plaintiff next contends that the governor’s warrant of July 20, 1970, “did not vitiate certain irregularities” which occurred pursuant to proceedings which arose under a prior arrest on a court-issued fugitive from justice warrant, which had issued pursuant to General…”
Giardino v. Bourbeau, 475 A.2d 298 (Conn. 1984). · cites it 2× “On April 1, 1980, while incarcerated for the alleged parole violation, the plaintiff was arraigned on a Connecticut charge of being a fugitive from justice; General Statutes § 54-169; based on crimes he allegedly committed in Virginia during his parole.”
Parks v. Bourbeau, 477 A.2d 636 (Conn. 1984). “on, without a warrant, upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but when so arrested the accused shall be taken before such a judge with all practicable…”
Bursque v. Moore, 227 A.2d 255 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1966). “The plaintiff has been held at the state jail first under a detention warrant or detainer issued hy *472 appropriate authorities of the state of New Hampshire, second under a fugitive warrant issued pursuant to §54-169 of the General Statutes, and finally under a governor’s…”
Kramer v. Comm'r of Corr., 56 A.3d 956 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 2× ““On September 28, 2011, the petitioner was arrested [in Connecticut] and charged with being a fugitive from justice [from Georgia] in violation of General Statutes § 54-169 . . . and ... a bond of $100,000 [was] set .”
Klein v. Glick, No. 3:19-cv-01056, 2020 WL 5097444 (D. Conn. Aug. 28, 2020). “on, without a warrant, upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but when so arrested the accused shall be taken before such a judge with all practicable…”
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