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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5182
January Session, 2025
LCO No. 1389
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by:
REP. NUCCIO, 53rd Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That titles 51 and 52 of the general statutes be amended to provide 1
that: (1) A trial court's denial of permission to appeal the denial of a 2
habeas corpus petition is a final judgment with no right of appeal; (2) 3
the right to appointed counsel shall be limited to a single habeas corpus 4
petition, and appeal, unless there is new evidence that was not available 5
at the time of trial; (3) all habeas claims be set forth in the initial petition; 6
and (4) victims of the underlying crime are notified upon the filing of a 7
habeas petition. 8
Statement of Purpose:
To revise habeas corpus proceedings in the state.