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Section 54-41o – Reports by state’s attorneys

May 11, 2021 | Connecticut, Criminal Procedure

(a) In January of each year each state’s attorney shall report to the administrative office of the United States courts and to the Chief Court Administrator, who shall in turn report to the Governor and the General Assembly, the information required by this section with respect to each application for an order or extension made during the preceding calendar year; a general description of the interception made under such order or extension, including (1) the approximate nature and frequency of incriminating communications intercepted, (2) the approximate nature and frequency of other communications intercepted, (3) the approximate number of persons whose communications were intercepted, and (4) the approximate nature, amount and cost of the manpower and other resources used in the interceptions; the number of arrests resulting from interceptions made under such order or extension, and the offenses for which arrests were made; the number of trials resulting from such interceptions; the number of motions to suppress made with respect to such interceptions, and the number granted or denied; the number of convictions resulting from such interceptions and the offenses for which the convictions were obtained and a general assessment of the importance of the interceptions; and the information required by this section with respect to orders or extensions obtained in the calendar year next preceding.
(b) In January of each year, the Chief State’s Attorney shall make a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to criminal law and procedure, based upon reports filed with him by each state’s attorney covering the prior calendar year. The Chief State’s Attorney’s report shall include the following information:

(1) The number of orders authorizing an interception, and the number of extensions thereof;
(2) the number of additional orders granted based upon an emergency situation, and the nature of the emergency;
(3) the nature of the particular offense to which each order was directed;
(4) a general description of the interception made under each order or extension, including (A) the nature and frequency of incriminating communications intercepted, (B) the nature and frequency of other communications intercepted, (C) the number of persons whose communications were intercepted, and (D) the nature, amount and cost of the manpower and other resources used in the interceptions;
(5) the number of arrests resulting from interceptions made under each order or extension, and the offenses for which such arrests were made;
(6) the number of trials resulting from such interceptions;
(7) the number of motions to suppress made with respect to such interceptions, and the number granted or denied;
(8) the number of convictions resulting from such interceptions and the offenses for which the convictions were obtained and
(9) the number of persons who were not named in an order or application for the interception of wire communications and whose communications were intercepted.

Conn. Gen. Stat. ยง 54-41o

(1971, P.A. 68, S. 15; P.A. 76-436, S. 10a, 535, 681; P.A. 79-631, S. 34, 111; P.A. 82-368, S. 9; P.A. 83-587, S. 66, 96.)

Cited. 191 Conn. 360; 212 Conn. 485; 238 Conn. 692.