Connecticut 2011 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00756 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/24/2011

                            General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 756
January Session, 2011  LCO No. 399
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Introduced by:
SEN. MEYER, 12th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 756 

January Session, 2011

LCO No. 399

Referred to Committee on Judiciary 

Introduced by:

SEN. MEYER, 12th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING SPEEDY TRIALS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That section 54-82m of the general statutes be amended to provide that, in any case in which a plea of not guilty is entered and the defendant is incarcerated in a correctional institution pending trial, in no event shall the trial of the defendant commence later than twenty-four months from the date of arrest. 

Statement of Purpose: 

To expedite the criminal justice process without loss of constitutional rights.