Sec. 21a-283a. Court authorized to depart from imposing mandatory minimum sentence.
Sec. 21a-283a. Court authorized to depart from imposing mandatory minimum sentence. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, when sentencing
a person convicted of a violation of any provision of this chapter, except a violation of
subsection (a) or (c) of section 21a-278a, for which there is a mandatory minimum
sentence, which did not involve the use, attempted use or threatened use of physical
force against another person or result in the physical injury or serious physical injury
of another person, and in the commission of which such person neither was armed with
nor threatened the use of or displayed or represented by word or conduct that such person
possessed any firearm, deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, as those terms are defined in section 53a-3, the court may, upon a showing of good cause by the defendant,
depart from the prescribed mandatory minimum sentence, provided the provisions of
this section have not previously been invoked on the defendant's behalf and the court,
at the time of sentencing, states in open court the reasons for imposing the particular
sentence and the specific reason for imposing a sentence that departs from the prescribed
mandatory minimum sentence.
(P.A. 01-99, S. 1, 2; P.A. 04-234, S. 36; 04-257, S. 136.)
History: P.A. 01-99 effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 04-234, Sec. 36 repealed section, effective June 8, 2004; P.A. 04-257
subsequently preserved section by repealing Sec. 36 of P.A. 04-234, effective June 14, 2004.