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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-17 (2025)

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Transferred to Chapter 961, Sec. 54-95a.

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Cited in 6 cases, 1959–1976 · leading case: State v. Stallings, 224 A.2d 718 (Conn. 1966).
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State v. Stallings, 224 A.2d 718 (Conn. 1966). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 54-17. An original information may be filed in the Superior Court in any case in which the Circuit Court may, at its discretion, punish or bind over for trial, and in any other case on the order of the Superior Court.”
Collins v. York, 267 A.2d 668 (Conn. 1970). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 54-17. The plaintiff asserts that § 54-la limits the jurisdiction of the Circuit Court to the imposition of a maximum sentence of one year and that consequently the court does not have jurisdiction to impose the indeterminate sentence provided in § 17-379.”
Reed v. Reincke, 236 A.2d 909 (Conn. 1967). “Gfeneral Statutes §§ 54-17, 54-42. His only claim is that his conviction must be set aside because the arrest warrants by which he was brought before the court were, if the Licari case is given restrospective effect, illegal.”
State v. Auclair, 368 A.2d 235 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1976). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 54-17 gave the Superior Court jurisdiction concurrent with that of the Circuit Court over class D felonies.”
State v. Bell, 154 A.2d 142 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1959). · cites it 3× “1958, § 54-17. In the case of State v. Carroll, 97 Conn.”
State v. Licari, 214 A.2d 900 (Conn. 1965). · cites it 2× “General Statutes §§ 54-17, 54-42. 2 The constitutional requirements now under discussion of course do not affect the validity of the information prepared in accordance with $§ 54-42, 54-44 and 54-46 of the General Statutes.”
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