2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 51 - Courts
Chapter 882 - Superior Court
Section 51-180 - Criminal terms and sessions.

Universal Citation: CT Gen Stat § 51-180 (2019)

(a) There shall be a term of the Superior Court for criminal business on the first Tuesday of each month in each judicial district.

(b) The court shall sit during any term in a judicial district for the trial of any person confined to a community correctional center on the first day of the term for want of bail who applies to the court for such trial.

(1949 Rev., S. 7622; 1951, 1955, S. 3111d; November, 1955, S. N227; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 30; 1969, P.A. 297; 1972, P.A. 165, S. 15; June, 1972, P.A. 1, S. 20; P.A. 78-280, S. 4, 127; P.A. 82-248, S. 87.)

History: 1967 act changed sessions from three to four times each year; 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”; 1972 acts added reference to judicial districts and deleted specific reference to sessions in Waterbury in New Haven county, effective September 5, 1972; P.A. 78-280 deleted references to counties; P.A. 82-248 reworded section, divided section into Subsecs. and deleted provision re sitting of court for criminal sessions as fixed by judges.

See Sec. 51-183a re procedure when a judge is unable to hold court.

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