The name and address of the victim of a sexual assault under section 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or section 53a-70 , 53a-70a , 53a-70c , 53a-71 , 53a-72a , 53a-72b or 53a-73a , voyeurism under section 53a-189a , or injury or risk of injury, or impairing of morals under section 53-21 , or of an attempt thereof, or family violence, as defined in section 46b-38a and such other identifying information pertaining to such victim as determined by the court, shall be confidential and shall be disclosed only upon order of the Superior Court, except that (1) such information shall be available to the accused in the same manner and time as such information is available to persons accused of other criminal offenses, and (2) if a protective order is issued in a prosecution under any of said sections, the name and address of the victim, in addition to the information contained in and concerning the issuance of such order, shall be entered in the registry of protective orders pursuant to section 51-5c .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-86e
Confidentiality of identifying information pertaining to victims of certain crimes. Availability of information to accused. Protective order information to be entered in registry
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 772 F. Supp. 69 - Person v. Meachum (1991)
Most recently applied in United States v. Megale (March 2006)
(P.A. 81-448, S. 3; P.A. 93-340, S. 10, 19; May 25 Sp
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