Sec. 52-235e. Stay of proceedings in action against crime victim during pendency of criminal proceeding.
Sec. 52-235e. Stay of proceedings in action against crime victim during
pendency of criminal proceeding. Any civil action brought against a crime victim, as
defined in section 1-1k, by a defendant in a criminal proceeding on account of the
exercise or intended exercise by such crime victim of any right guaranteed under the
first amendment to the United States Constitution, section 3, 4 or 14 of article first of
the Constitution of the state or subsection b. of article twenty-ninth of the amendments
to the Constitution of the state or any right provided to such crime victim by any provision
of the general statutes, shall, upon motion of such crime victim, be stayed during the
pendency of such criminal proceeding.
(P.A. 01-211, S. 15.)