Section 54-160 – State’s attorney and prosecuting attorney to assist Governor

May 11, 2021 | Connecticut, Criminal Procedure

When a demand is made upon the Governor of this state by the executive authority of another state for the surrender of a person so charged with crime, the Governor may call upon any state’s attorney or prosecuting attorney in this state to investigate or assist in investigating the demand, and to report to him the situation and circumstances of the person so demanded, and whether he ought to be surrendered.

Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 54-160

(1957, P.A. 362, S. 4; P.A. 75-221.)

Cited. 186 Conn. 404; 190 Conn. 631; 234 Conn. 539.