Section 53a-47 is repealed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-47
Disposition of person found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect. Confinement and examination. Release
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Jones v. United States (1983)
Most recently applied in Benjamin F. Miller, Jr. v. Colin C.J. Angliker, M.D., Director, Whiting Forensic Institute (May 1988)
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 47; P.A. 75-476, S. 5, 6; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 2, 115, 127; P.A. 81-301, S. 2; P.A. 83-486, S. 2; P.A. 85-506, S. 31, 32.)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.