The name and address of 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 and such other identifying information pertaining to such victim as determined by the court, shall be confidential and shall be disclosed only upon order of the Superior Court, except that (1) such information shall be available to the accused in the same manner and time as such information is available to persons accused of other criminal offenses, and (2) if a protective order is issued in a prosecution under any of said sections, the name and address of the victim, in addition to the information contained in and concerning the issuance of such order, shall be entered in the registry of protective orders pursuant to section
51-5c.
(P.A. 81-448, S. 3; P.A. 93-340, S. 10, 19; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 42, 130; P.A. 02-132, S. 59; P.A. 03-202, S. 15; P.A. 15-211, S. 24; 15-213, S. 7; P.A. 17-87, S. 7; P.A. 18-75, S. 16; P.A. 19-189, S. 30.)
History: P.A. 93-340 required name and address of victim to be available to the accused “in the same manner and time as such information is available to those accused of other criminal offenses”, effective July 1, 1993; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 made technical change, effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 02-132 designated exception re availability of information to accused as Subdiv. (1), added Subdiv. (2) re entry of information into registry of protective orders pursuant to Sec. 51-5c and made a technical change, effective January 1, 2003; P.A. 03-202 added provision re other identifying information pertaining to the victim as determined by the court; P.A. 15-211 added reference to family violence, effective July 1, 2015; P.A. 15-213 added reference to voyeurism; 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. 230 C. 43; 233 C. 403; 235 C. 145.
Cited. 8 CA 387; 20 CA 115; 26 CA 81; 37 CA 534; 39 CA 742; 46 CA 810. Statutory protection against disclosure of identities of sexual assault victims not limited to prosecutions for sexual assault and may be applied to protect victim's identity in a related witness tampering trial. 84 CA 48.
Cited. 42 CS 291.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
597
cases (
146 in the last 5 years), 1981–2026 · leading case:
State v. Bennett-Gibson, 851 A.2d 1214 (Conn. App. Ct. 2004).
State v. Bennett-Gibson, 851 A.2d 1214 (Conn. App. Ct. 2004).
· cites it 18× “” Specifically, the defendant argues that General Statutes § 54-86e is inapplicable, and, therefore, the court’s refusal to disclose the complainant’s full name amounted to a violation of her constitutional right to an open and public trial.”
State v. Salamon, 949 A.2d 1092 (Conn. 2008).
· cites it 4× “See General Statutes § 54-86e. [9] In the state's original information, the defendant also was charged with breach of the peace in the second degree and interfering with an officer.”
State v. DeJesus, 953 A.2d 45 (Conn. 2008).
· cites it 4× “See General Statutes § 54-86e. [6] "Counts three and four of the information charged the defendant with sexual assault and kidnapping stemming from his conduct that occurred in 2000.”
State v. Saucier, 926 A.2d 633 (Conn. 2007).
· cites it 4× “See General Statutes § 54-86e. [2] Section 8-3 of the Connecticut Code of Evidence provides in relevant part: "The following are not excluded by the hearsay rule, even though the declarant is available as a witness.”
State v. Sawyer, 904 A.2d 101 (Conn. 2006).
· cites it 4× “See General Statutes § 54-86e. D’s sister, C, who was married to the defendant at the time of the assault, testified that she had separated from the defendant on June 9, 2000, and that they had divorced on December 7, 2000.”
State v. Kelly, 770 A.2d 908 (Conn. 2001).
· cites it 3× “In accordance with General Statutes § 54-86e, and in order to protect the victim’s legitimate privacy interests, the victim’s name is not used in this opinion.”
State v. Leniart, 140 A.3d 1026 (Conn. App. Ct. 2016).
· cites it 4× “See General Statutes § 54-86e. The defendant admitted to Allain that he choked A.”
State v. Gonzalez, 864 A.2d 847 (Conn. 2005).
· cites it 4× “[4] In accordance with General Statutes § 54-86e, and in order to protect the victim's legitimate privacy interests, we do not identify the victim or others through whom the victim's identity could be ascertained.”
State v. Michael J., 875 A.2d 510 (Conn. 2005).
· cites it 4× “NOTES [1] In accordance with General Statutes § 54-86e and our policy of protecting the privacy interests of victims of sexual abuse, we decline to identify the complainant or others through whom her identity may be ascertained.”
State v. Warholic, 897 A.2d 569 (Conn. 2006).
· cites it 2× “In accordance with General Statutes § 54-86e, and the court policy oí protecting the privacy of victims in sexual abuse matters, we decline to use the names of individuals involved in this appeal.”
State v. Gupta, 998 A.2d 1085 (Conn. 2010).
· cites it 4× “See General Statutes § 54-86e. [3] General Statutes § 53a-73a(a) provides in relevant part: "A person is guilty of sexual assault in the fourth degree when .”
State v. Gault, 39 A.3d 1105 (Conn. 2012).
· cites it 5× “XXIX (b)(1); and General Statutes § 54-86e, which requires that information from which the identity of a sexual assault victim may be ascertained be held confidential.”
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