2011 Connecticut Code
Title 53a Penal Code
Chapter 952 Penal Code: Offenses
Sec. 53a-167. Hindering prosecution in the third degree: Class D felony.

      Sec. 53a-167. Hindering prosecution in the third degree: Class D felony. (a) A person is guilty of hindering prosecution in the third degree when such person renders criminal assistance to another person who has committed a class C or class D felony or an unclassified felony for which the maximum penalty is imprisonment for ten years or less but more than one year.

      (b) Hindering prosecution in the third degree is a class D felony.

      (1969, P.A. 828, S. 169; P.A. 78-37, S. 2; P.A. 02-97, S. 5; P.A. 03-259, S. 50.)

      History: P.A. 78-37 classified assisting person who committed an unclassified offense punishable by maximum imprisonment of 1 to 10 years as hindering prosecution in the second degree; P.A. 02-97 changed the name of the offense from "hindering prosecution in the second degree" to "hindering prosecution in the third 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 third degree from a class A misdemeanor to a class D felony.

      Cited. 205 C. 17.

      Cited. 1 CA 540. Cited. 30 CA 712.