Connecticut Statutes
§ 53a-51 — Classification of attempt and conspiracy.
Connecticut § 53a-51
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Bluebook
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-51 (2026).
Text
Attempt and conspiracy are crimes of the same grade and degree as the most serious offense which is attempted or is an object of the conspiracy, except that an attempt or conspiracy to commit a class A felony is a class B felony.
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Related
Xu v. Neubauer
166 F. Supp. 3d 203 (D. Connecticut, 2015)
State v. Toth
618 A.2d 536 (Connecticut Appellate Court, 1993)
Legislative History
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 52.) Cited. 182 C. 595; 184 C. 369; 195 C. 183; 202 C. 520; 204 C. 630; 211 C. 18; 213 C. 708; 235 C. 502. Defendant guilty of conspiracy to commit robbery in the first degree is subject to the minimum nonsuspendable sentence in Sec. 53a-134(b). 264 C. 593. Cited. 8 CA 545; 10 CA 447; 21 CA 299; 22 CA 567; 29 CA 843; 33 CA 253; 36 CA 190. Legislature clearly intended attempt and conspiracy to commit a class B felony to be punished the same as a class B felony or it would have noted otherwise, as it did with class A felonies. 118 CA 35.
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Bluebook (online)
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