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2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 53a-166. Hindering prosecution in the second degree: Class C felony.

Sec. 53a-166. Hindering prosecution in the second degree: Class C felony. (a) A person is guilty of hindering prosecution in the second degree when such person renders criminal assistance to another person who has committed a class A or class B felony or an unclassified felony for which the maximum penalty is imprisonment for more than ten years.

(b) Hindering prosecution in the second degree is a class C felony.

(1969, P.A. 828, S. 168; P.A. 78-37, S. 1; P.A. 02-97, S. 4; P.A. 03-259, S. 49.)

History: P.A. 78-37 classified rendering assistance to person who committed an unclassified offense punishable by maximum imprisonment of more than ten years as hindering prosecution in the first degree; P.A. 02-97 changed the name of the offense from "hindering prosecution in the first degree" to "hindering prosecution in the second degree" and made technical changes, including a change for purposes of gender neutrality; P.A. 03-259 amended Subsec. (b) to change hindering prosecution in the second degree from a class D felony to a class C felony.

Cited. 200 C. 310, 316. Cited. 223 C. 595, 604.

Cited. 7 CA 470, 471, 473, 474, 476. Cited. 22 CA 601, 602, 606.

Cited. 38 CS 521, 523.

Subsec. (a):

Cited. 28 CA 721, 722, 733.

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