Any person who has been the victim of a sexual assault under section
53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or section
53a-70,
53a-70a,
53a-70c,
53a-71,
53a-72a,
53a-72b or
53a-73a, voyeurism under section
53a-189a, or injury or risk of injury, or impairing of morals under section
53-21, or of an attempt thereof, or family violence, as defined in section
46b-38a, shall not be required to divulge his or her address or telephone number during any trial or pretrial evidentiary hearing arising from the sexual assault, voyeurism or injury or risk of injury to, or impairing of morals of, a child, or family violence; provided the judge presiding over such legal proceeding finds: (1) Such information is not material to the proceeding, (2) the identity of the victim has been satisfactorily established, and (3) the current address of the victim will be made available to the defense in the same manner and time as such information is made available to the defense for other criminal offenses.
(P.A. 81-448, S. 1; P.A. 82-472, S. 145, 183; P.A. 93-340, S. 9, 19; P.A. 15-211, S. 23; 15-213, S. 6; P.A. 17-87, S. 6; P.A. 18-75, S. 15; P.A. 19-189, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 82-472 made technical corrections; P.A. 93-340 amended Subdiv. (3) to require the judge to find that the current address of the victim “will be made available to the defense in the same manner and time as such information is made available to the defense for other criminal offenses” rather than “is made available to the defense”, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 15-211 added references to family violence, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 15-213 added references to voyeurism and made technical changes; P.A. 17-87 added reference to Sec. 53a-70b; P.A. 18-75 added reference to Sec. 53a-70c; P.A. 19-189 replaced “53a-70b,” with “section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or”.
Cited. 8 CA 387; 20 CA 115.
Cited. 42 CS 291.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
5
cases, 1986–1999 · leading case:
State v. Person, 564 A.2d 626 (Conn. App. Ct. 1989).
State v. Person, 564 A.2d 626 (Conn. App. Ct. 1989).
· cites it 2× “The trial court apparently also based its ruling on General Statutes § 54-86d and § 54-86e, which provide as follows: “[General Statutes] Sec.”
Person v. Meachum, 772 F. Supp. 69 (D. Conn. 1991).
· cites it 3× “Conn.Gen.Stat. § 54-86d (1985). Section 54-86e reads as follows: The name and address of the victim of a sexual assault .”
Gifford v. Freedom of Info. Comm'n, 617 A.2d 479 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1992).
· cites it 2× “Clearly, the premature release of arrest/incident reports could seriously compromise the policy purposes of §§ 54-86d and 54-86e. In most instances, these reports prepared by police personnel for examination by a trial judge and prosecutors are not redacted at this stage.”
James v. Tilghman, 194 F.R.D. 398 (D. Conn. 1999).
· cites it 2× “Defendants argue that testimony from these potential witnesses is inadmissible for four reasons: (1) disclosure of the identities of the four inmates is protected under the informant’s privilege; (2) the probative value of their testimony is substantially outweighed by the…”
State v. Shashaty, 513 A.2d 172 (Conn. App. Ct. 1986).
· cites it 2× “General Statutes § 54-86d provides: “Any person who has been the victim of a sexual assault under section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a, 53a-72b or 53a-73a, or injury or risk of injury, or impairing of morals under section 53-21, or of an attempt thereof, shall not be…”
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