Connecticut § 54-171 Commitment pending Governor's warrant.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 54-171 — Commitment pending Governor's warrant.

Connecticut § 54-171

Title 54Criminal Procedure

Ch. 964Uniform Criminal Extradition Act

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-171 (2026).

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If from the examination before the judge it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and, except in cases arising under section 54-162, that he has fled from justice, the judge shall, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him to a community correctional center for such a time, not exceeding thirty days and specified in the warrant, as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the Governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the state having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused gives bail as provided in section 54-172, or until he is legally discharged.

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If from the examination before the judge it appears that the person held is the person charged with having committed the crime alleged and, except in cases arising under section 54-162, that he has fled from justice, the judge shall, by a warrant reciting the accusation, commit him to a community correctional center for such a time, not exceeding thirty days and specified in the warrant, as will enable the arrest of the accused to be made under a warrant of the Governor on a requisition of the executive authority of the state having jurisdiction of the offense, unless the accused gives bail as provided in section 54-172, or until he is legally discharged.

Legislative History

(1957, P.A. 362, S. 15; 1959, P.A. 28, S. 158; 1969, P.A. 297.) History: 1959 act deleted reference to trial justice; 1969 act substituted “community correctional center” for “jail”. Cited. 180 C. 153; 186 C. 404; 190 C. 631.