Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-4 (2026)

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✓ current as of May 2026
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Section 8-4 is repealed.

(1949 Rev., S. 840; 1959, P.A. 679, S. 4.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 60 cases (12 in the last 5 years), 1959–2026 · leading case: Ramos v. Town of Vernon, 761 A.2d 705 (Conn. 2000).
Ramos v. Town of Vernon, 761 A.2d 705 (Conn. 2000). · cites it 24× “Vernon Code of Ordinances § 8-4 (Curfew Ordinance). Specifically, the certified questions require us to determine whether the town’s ordinance: (1) violates minors’ rights of free speech and assembly as *802 secured by article first, §§ 4, 3 5 4 and 14, 5 of the Connecticut…”
State v. Bacon, 446 S.E.2d 542 (N.C. 1994). · cites it 4× “C.G.S. § 8-4 specifically provides that "[w]hen any question shall arise as to the law of the United States, .”
Williams Ground Servs., Inc. v. Jordan, 166 A.3d 791 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 8× “" 8 On appeal, the defendant claims that the invoices are inadmissible because the yearly summaries were not business records under the legal definition and because the summaries, as photocopies, were incomplete business records and not complete and accurate copies of the…”
Ramos Ex Rel. Ramos v. Town of Vernon, 48 F. Supp. 2d 176 (D. Conn. 1999). · cites it 8× “Curfew Ordinance § 8-4(a) (attached as Ex. A to Compl.). The ordinance establishes the following offenses: 1.”
Connecticut Light & Power Co. v. Gilmore, 956 A.2d 1145 (Conn. 2008). · cites it 2× “" Section 8-4 of the Connecticut Code of Evidence contains virtually identical language.”
State v. Polanco, 797 A.2d 523 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002). · cites it 3× “§ 8-4. *183 “Once these criteria have been met by the party seeking to introduce the record, however, it does not necessarily follow that the record itself is generally admissible, nor does it mean that everything in it is required to be admitted into evidence.”
State v. Carpenter, 882 A.2d 604 (Conn. 2005). “§ 8-4 (a). However, *831 “[o]nce these criteria have been met by the party seeking to introduce the record .”
State v. Kirsch, 820 A.2d 236 (Conn. 2003). “§ 8-4 (incorporating § 52-180). Section 52-180 (a) “provides that a record of an act, transaction, occurrence or event is admissible as evidence of that act, transaction, occurrence, or event, provided that the record was made in the regular course of business.”
Rocky Hill Convalescent Hosp., Inc. v. Metro. Dist., 280 A.2d 344 (Conn. 1971). · cites it 4× “This became § 8-4 of the charter. In pursuance of the authority conferred by this section the defendant adopted the following amendments to its general sewer ordinance effective July 21,1960, and designated as §1 S7o and S7p of the Ordinances of the Metropolitan District…”
Redding Life Care, LLC v. Town of Redding, 207 A.3d 493 (Conn. 2019). “§ 8-4. Although the town represented that it sought to depose Salinas about the value of the property as stated in his reports, some of its (or Redding Life's) questions may be purely fact based, concerning, for example, what the property looked like when Salinas viewed it.”
Meek v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 806 A.2d 546 (Conn. App. Ct. 2002). “§ 8-4 (a). In ruling that the records were inadmissible, however, the court did not cite any constitutional, statutory or code of evidence provision as the basis for its ruling.”
Margolin v. Kleban & Samor, PC, 882 A.2d 653 (Conn. 2005). “§ 8-4 (incorporating § 52-180). . . . The rationale for the exception derives from the inherent trustworthiness of records on which businesses rely to conduct their daily affairs.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-4(a) — 2 cases
Ramos Ex Rel. Ramos v. Town of Vernon, 48 F. Supp. 2d 176 (D. Conn. 1999). “Curfew Ordinance § 8-4(a) (attached as Ex. A to Compl.). The ordinance establishes the following offenses: 1.”
Bloch v. Ullman, 142 A.3d 1190 (Conn. App. Ct. 2016).
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-4(c) — 1 case
Ramos Ex Rel. Ramos v. Town of Vernon, 48 F. Supp. 2d 176 (D. Conn. 1999). “Curfew Ordinance § 8-4(a) (attached as Ex. A to Compl.). The ordinance establishes the following offenses: 1.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-4(d) — 1 case
Ramos Ex Rel. Ramos v. Town of Vernon, 48 F. Supp. 2d 176 (D. Conn. 1999). “Curfew Ordinance § 8-4(a) (attached as Ex. A to Compl.). The ordinance establishes the following offenses: 1.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-4(e) — 1 case
Ramos Ex Rel. Ramos v. Town of Vernon, 48 F. Supp. 2d 176 (D. Conn. 1999). “Curfew Ordinance § 8-4(a) (attached as Ex. A to Compl.). The ordinance establishes the following offenses: 1.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-4(e)(1) — 1 case
Ramos Ex Rel. Ramos v. Town of Vernon, 48 F. Supp. 2d 176 (D. Conn. 1999). “Curfew Ordinance § 8-4(a) (attached as Ex. A to Compl.). The ordinance establishes the following offenses: 1.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-4(e)(2)(A) — 1 case
Ramos Ex Rel. Ramos v. Town of Vernon, 48 F. Supp. 2d 176 (D. Conn. 1999). “Curfew Ordinance § 8-4(a) (attached as Ex. A to Compl.). The ordinance establishes the following offenses: 1.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-4(e)(2)(B) — 1 case
Ramos Ex Rel. Ramos v. Town of Vernon, 48 F. Supp. 2d 176 (D. Conn. 1999). “Curfew Ordinance § 8-4(a) (attached as Ex. A to Compl.). The ordinance establishes the following offenses: 1.”
— Conn. Gen. Stat. § 8-4(f)(3)(A) — 1 case
Ramos Ex Rel. Ramos v. Town of Vernon, 48 F. Supp. 2d 176 (D. Conn. 1999). “Curfew Ordinance § 8-4(a) (attached as Ex. A to Compl.). The ordinance establishes the following offenses: 1.”
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