Sec. 54-193. Limitation of prosecution for certain offenses. (a) There shall be
no limitation of time within which a person may be prosecuted for a capital felony, a
class A felony or a violation of section 53a-54d or 53a-169.
(b) No person may be prosecuted for any offense, except a capital felony, a class
A felony or a violation of section 53a-54d or 53a-169, for which the punishment is or
may be imprisonment in excess of one year, except within five years next after the
offense has been committed. No person may be prosecuted for any other offense, except
a capital felony, a class A felony or a violation of section 53a-54d or 53a-169, except
within one year next after the offense has been committed.
(c) If the person against whom an indictment, information or complaint for any of
said offenses is brought has fled from and resided out of this state during the period so
limited, it may be brought against such person at any time within such period, during
which such person resides in this state, after the commission of the offense.
(d) When any suit, indictment, information or complaint for any crime may be
brought within any other time than is limited by this section, it shall be brought within
such time.
(1949 Rev., S. 8871; P.A. 76-35, S. 1, 2; P.A. 77-604, S. 40, 84; P.A. 80-313, S. 53; P.A. 86-197; P.A. 00-87, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 76-35 replaced reference to crimes and misdemeanors, treason, etc. with general reference to offenses,
adding exceptions re capital felonies and class A felonies, deleted specific reference to imprisonment in Somers facility,
substituting applicability based on imprisonment for more than one year, and specified that there is no limitation for
prosecution of capital and class A felonies; P.A. 77-604 made no change; P.A. 80-313 reordered and rephrased provisions,
dividing section into Subsecs; P.A. 86-197 provided that there shall be no time limitation on the prosecution of a person
for a violation of Sec. 53a-54d; P.A. 00-87 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to provide that there shall be no time limitation
on the prosecution of a person for a violation of Sec. 53a-169 and made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality
in Subsec. (c), effective May 26, 2000, and applicable to any offense committed prior to, on or after said date.
Qui tam information amendable, notwithstanding no new information for same cause could be brought. 10 C. 472.
Grand juror's complaint and information of state's attorney part of same proceeding and prevents running of the statute.
49 C. 437. Statute does not run as to conspiracy until last overt act is committed. 126 C. 85. See note to chapter 926. Cited.
150 C. 229. Cited. 163 C. 230. Prosecution within one year for first offender. Id., 234. Public act 76-35 which amended
statute to remove the five-year limitation on prosecutions for capital or class A felonies was not applied retroactively to
crimes committed while five-year limitation was in effect in absence of language clearly necessitating such construction.
189 C. 346. Cited. 197 C. 436; Id., 507. Protection afforded by statute may be waived; treated as an affirmative defense,
not as jurisdictional. 199 C. 631. Prosecution for violation of Sec. 53a-54(a)(1) not barred by this section. 201 C. 435.
Cited. 204 C. 98. Cited. 213 C. 388. Cited. 235 C. 145. Cited. 242 C. 409. Amendment to statute of limitations applies
retroactively to crimes committed before its effective date but for which the preamendment limitation period had not yet
expired. 276 C. 633.
Cited. 28 CA 91. Cited. 34 CA 473. Cited. 41 CA 476.
It is not necessary in criminal prosecution to prove the precise day the acts were committed. 4 CS 259. Cited. 6 CS
349; 24 CS 312. After a nolle prosequi has been entered, the statute of limitations continues to run and a prosecution may
be resumed only on a new information and a new arrest. 32 CS 504. Cited. 35 CS 565. Issuance of arrest warrant starts
prosecution and tolls statute of limitations. 38 CS 377. The prosecution of the defendant began with his arrest. Once
prosecution has commenced within time period allowed by appropriate statute of limitations the prosecutor has broad
discretion as to what crimes to charge in any particular situation. 39 CS 347.
Subsec. (b):
Cited. 202 C. 86; Id., 93. Issuance of arrest warrant is sufficient initiation of a prosecution to toll the statute of limitations
if warrant served with due diligence. Id., 443. Cited. 209 C. 52. Cited. 211 C. 441. Cited. 228 C. 393. Cited. 233 C. 403.
Although the case against defendant under Sec. 20-427 was initially dismissed based on statute of limitations, state's
successful appeal on the statute of limitations calculation and subsequent trial did not constitute unlawful double jeopardy.
250 C. 1.
Cited. 15 CA 222. Cited. 21 CA 449. Cited. 26 CA 674. Cited. 42 CA 790. Pursuant to subsection, charged violations
of Sec. 14-227a were subject to a one-year limitations period because they were not punishable by a term of imprisonment
of more than one year. 61 CA 90. Trial court did not improperly deny defendant's motion to dismiss counts of information
on grounds that statute of limitations precluded prosecution of counts where court found no evidence that defendant raised
statute of limitations as an affirmative defense at trial. Id.
Subsec. (c):
Cited. 202 C. 443. Cited. 233 C. 403.
Cited. 35 CA 754.
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Sec. 54-193a. Limitation of prosecution for offenses involving sexual abuse of
minor. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 54-193, no person may be prosecuted
for any offense, except a class A felony, involving sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or
sexual assault of a minor except within thirty years from the date the victim attains the
age of majority or within five years from the date the victim notifies any police officer
or state's attorney acting in such police officer's or state's attorney's official capacity
of the commission of the offense, whichever is earlier, provided if the prosecution is
for a violation of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 53a-71, the victim notified
such police officer or state's attorney not later than five years after the commission of
the offense.
(P.A. 90-279, S. 2; P.A. 91-406, S. 14, 29; P.A. 93-340, S. 11, 19; P.A. 02-138, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 91-406 inserted "after the commission of the offense" after "seven years"; P.A. 93-340 replaced "or seven
years after the commission of the offense, whichever is less" with "or within five years from the date the victim notifies
any police officer or state's attorney acting in his official capacity of the commission of the offense, whichever is earlier",
effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 02-138 added exception re class A felony, extended time limitation on possible prosecution
from within "two" to within "thirty" years from the date the victim attains the age of majority, deleted proviso that required
the time period to be in no event less than five years after the commission of the offense, added proviso that required the
victim to have notified the police officer or state's attorney not later than five years after the commission of the offense if
the prosecution is for a violation of Sec. 53a-71(a)(1) and made a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality,
effective May 23, 2002, and applicable to any offense committed on or after said date.
See Sec. 52-577d re statute of limitations in civil action.
Was not intended to be applied retrospectively. 228 C. 393. P.A. 93-340, Sec. 11 cited. Id. Cited. 230 C. 472.
Cited. 26 CA 674.
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Sec. 54-193b. Limitation of prosecution for sexual assault offenses when DNA
evidence available. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 54-193 and 54-193a, a
person may be prosecuted for a violation of section 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-70b, 53a-71,
53a-72a or 53a-72b not later than twenty years from the date of the commission of the
offense, provided (1) the victim notified any police officer or state's attorney acting in
such police officer's or state's attorney's official capacity of the commission of the
offense not later than five years after the commission of the offense, and (2) the identity
of the person who allegedly committed the offense has been established through a DNA
(deoxyribonucleic acid) profile comparison using evidence collected at the time of the
commission of the offense.
(P.A. 00-80, S. 1, 3.)
History: P.A. 00-80 effective May 16, 2000, and applicable to any offense committed prior to, on or after said date.
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