2011 Connecticut Code
Title 53a Penal Code
Chapter 952 Penal Code: Offenses
Sec. 53a-95. Unlawful restraint in the first degree: Class D felony.

      Sec. 53a-95. Unlawful restraint in the first degree: Class D felony. (a) A person is guilty of unlawful restraint in the first degree when he restrains another person under circumstances which expose such other person to a substantial risk of physical injury.

      (b) Unlawful restraint in the first degree is a class D felony.

      (1969, P.A. 828, S. 97; P.A. 92-260, S. 38.)

      History: P.A. 92-260 amended Subsec. (a) to replace "the latter" with "such other person".

      Cited. 171 C. 395. Cited. 182 C. 353; Id., 366. Cited. 187 C. 216; Id., 348. Cited. 191 C. 604. Cited. 194 C. 297. Cited. 195 C. 253. Cited. 197 C. 298; Id., 309. Cited. 198 C. 430. Cited. 199 C. 193. Cited. 200 C. 9. Cited. 201 C. 659. Cited. 202 C. 676. Cited. 205 C. 352. Cited. 220 C. 112. Cited. 222 C. 331. Cited. 223 C. 180. Cited. 224 C. 397. Cited. 226 C. 601. Cited. 236 C. 112. Cited. 237 C. 284. Cited. 242 C. 689. Because an unlawful restraint involves the restriction of another person's movements with the intent to interfere substantially with that person's liberty, the crime of unlawful restraint is a specific intent crime. 287 C. 509.

      Cited. 3 CA 374. Cited. 5 CA 424; Id., 586. Cited. 6 CA 334. Cited. 7 CA 701. Cited. 8 CA 620. Cited. 9 CA 631; judgment reversed, see 205 C. 352. Cited. 10 CA 217. Cited. 13 CA 554. Cited. 17 CA 234; Id., 339. Specific intent required. Id. Cited. Id., 391; Id., 490. Cited. 22 CA 477. Cited. 28 CA 581; judgment reversed, see 226 C. 601. Cited. 31 CA 20; Id., 312. Cited. 36 CA 805. Cited. 40 CA 553. Cited. 41 CA 701. Cited. 42 CA 78; Id., 445. Cited. 43 CA 715. Cited. 46 CA 486.

      Cited. 43 CS 211.

      Subsec. (a):

      Cited. 174 C. 500. Cited. 176 C. 227. Cited. 179 C. 381. Cited. 185 C. 211. Cited. 186 C. 599. Cited. 190 C. 104. Cited. 197 C. 50; Id., 602. Cited. 198 C. 598; Id., 617. Cited. 205 C. 39; Id., 61; Id., 437; Id., 528. Cited. 206 C. 40. Cited. 209 C. 143. Cited. 222 C. 87. Cited. 227 C. 32; Id., 153. Cited. 241 C. 784. Cited. 242 C. 523.

      Cited. 6 CA 697. Cited. 8 CA 387; Id., 491; Id., 566. Cited. 9 CA 79; Id., 208. Cited. 13 CA 667. Cited. 14 CA 710. Cited. 18 CA 134; Id., 730. Cited. 19 CA 631. Cited. 21 CA 244; Id., 467. Cited. 25 CA 725. Cited 26 CA 574; Id., 641. Cited. 32 CA 178. Cited. 38 CA 531; Id., 777. Cited. 39 CA 45; Id., 789; Id., 832. Cited. 41 CA 255; Id., 817. Conviction of both sexual assault and unlawful restraint is not double jeopardy. 47 CA 117.

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