2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 53a-16b. Affirmative defense of coparticipant to offense with firearm.
Sec. 53a-16b. Affirmative defense of coparticipant to offense with firearm. In
any prosecution for an offense under section 53a-55a, 53a-56a, 53a-60a, 53a-92a, 53a-94a, 53a-102a or 53a-103a in which the defendant was not the only participant, it shall
be an affirmative defense that the defendant: (1) Was not armed with a pistol, revolver,
machine gun, shotgun, rifle or other firearm, and (2) had no reasonable ground to believe
that any other participant was armed with such a weapon.
History: P.A. 92-260 made technical changes.
A defendant is entitled to a theory of defense instruction as a matter of law where evidence under this section is before jury. 178 C. 704, 708. Cited. 209 C. 75, 93, 94.
Cited. 23 CA 615, 617. Cited. 24 CA 195, 210. Cited. 45 CA 390.
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