Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB06721 Compare Versions

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55 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6721
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1010 Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
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1313 Introduced by:
1414 REP. FISHBEIN, 90th Dist.
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1818 AN ACT CONCERNING THE CONSIDERATION OF THE PUBLIC
1919 INTEREST WHEN THE COURT DETERMINES WHETHER TO
2020 TRANSFER A JUVENILE TO THE REGULAR CRIMINAL DOCKET.
2121 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
2222 Assembly convened:
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2424 That subparagraph (C) of subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of section 1
2525 46b-127 of the general statutes be amended to provide the court greater 2
2626 discretion when determining whether to transfer a juvenile from the 3
2727 docket for juvenile matters to the regular criminal docket of the 4
2828 Superior Court in the case of a class C, D or E felony or an unclassified 5
2929 felony by considering whether the best interests of the child or the 6
3030 public will not be served by not maintaining the case in the superior 7
3131 court for juvenile matters, rather than requiring the court to consider 8
3232 the best interests of the child and the public as part of that 9
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3434 Statement of Purpose:
3535 To consider the public interest in deciding whether to transfer children
3636 committing certain felonies from the juvenile docket to the regular
3737 criminal docket.