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Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-91b (2026)

(Formerly Sec. 54-109a). Defendant may request copy of prior record and presentence investigation report

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In any case, without a showing of good cause, upon the request of the defendant or his attorney, prior to sentencing, the court shall provide the defendant or his attorney with a copy of his record of prior convictions and in any case wherein a presentence investigation is ordered, without a showing of good cause, the court shall provide the defendant or his attorney with a copy of the presentence investigation report at least twenty-four hours prior to the date set for sentencing and in both such cases shall hear motions addressed to the accuracy of any part of such record or report.

(1969, P.A. 129.)

History: Sec. 54-109a transferred to Sec. 54-91b in 1981.

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Cited in 6 cases, 1982–2019 · leading case: Steadwell v. Warden, Connecticut Corr. Inst., Somers, 439 A.2d 1078 (Conn. 1982).
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Steadwell v. Warden, Connecticut Corr. Inst., Somers, 439 A.2d 1078 (Conn. 1982). · cites it 12× “The alternative formulation follows the statute; General Statutes § 54-91b; and seems to have been designed to accommodate the few defendants who act without counsel in serious criminal matters where a PSI is required.”
State v. Parker, 992 A.2d 1103 (Conn. 2010). · cites it 4× “See General Statutes § 54-91b; 13 Practice Book §§ 43-7 14 and 43-10 (1); 15 State v.”
State v. Walker, 204 A.3d 38 (Conn. App. Ct. 2019). · cites it 2× “It first outlined that our statutes and rules of practice, particularly General Statutes § 54-91b and Practice Book §§ 43-7 and 43-10 (1), protect a defendant's due process right not to be sentenced on the basis of untrue or unreliable information.”
State v. Taylor, 882 A.2d 682 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005). “Further, the defendant was not furnished a copy of said PSI report pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes [§ 54-91b] at least twenty-four hours prior to the date set for sentencing.”
Casiano v. Comm'r of Corr. (Conn. 2015). · cites it 4× “, General Statutes § 54-91b (defen- dant or defense counsel may request record of prior convictions and presentence investigation report before sentencing date); Practice Book § 43-5 (defense counsel shall be notified of, and permitted to attend, interview of defendant for…”
State v. Bozelko (Conn. App. Ct. 2015). · cites it 2× “, 843; and that the procedural mecha- nisms set forth in the General Statutes and our rules of practice, specifically, General Statutes § 54-91b, and Practice Book §§ 43-7 and 43-10 (1), are the means by which defendants are protected from such due process violations; id.”
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