Connecticut § 54-85e Photograph of deceased victim shown to jury during opening and closing arguments.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 54-85e — Photograph of deceased victim shown to jury during opening and closing arguments.

Connecticut § 54-85e

Title 54Criminal Procedure

Ch. 961Trial and Proceedings after Conviction

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-85e (2026).

Text

A photograph not to exceed eight inches by ten inches solely of a deceased victim prior to the date of the offense for which the defendant is being tried, that is a fair and accurate representation of the victim and is not of itself inflammatory in nature, may be shown to the jury during the opening and closing arguments by the prosecutor.

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Legislative History

(P.A. 00-200, S. 4.) Statute pertains only to the nonevidentiary presentation of an image of a deceased victim and contains no restriction on the admission into evidence of a photograph of a deceased victim; nor does it expressly abrogate or seek to supplant the rules of evidence adopted by the judiciary. 126 CA 239.