Sec. 54-64b*. Release following arrest on court warrant.
Sec. 54-64b*. Release following arrest on court warrant. (a) When any person
is arrested on a bench warrant of arrest issued by order of the Superior Court or, when
said court is not in session, by a judge thereof, in which the court or judge issuing the
warrant indicated that bail should be denied or ordered that the person to be arrested
should be brought before a clerk or assistant clerk of the Superior Court, the officer or
indifferent person making the arrest shall without undue delay bring the arrested person
before the clerk or assistant clerk of the superior court for the geographical area where
the offense is alleged to have been committed during the office hours of the clerk and
if the clerk's office is not open, the officer or indifferent person shall, without undue
delay, bring the arrested person to a community correctional center within the geographical area where the offense is alleged to have been committed or, if there is no such
correctional center within such geographical area, to the nearest community correctional
center, or the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic, as the case may be. The
clerk or assistant clerk or a person designated by the Commissioner of Correction shall
thereupon advise the arrested person of his rights under section 54-1b, and, when the
court or judge has not indicated that bail should be denied, shall order the arrested person
to enter into the condition of release pursuant to the condition fixed by the judge or
court conditioned that the arrested person shall appear before the superior court having
criminal jurisdiction in and for the geographical area to answer to the bench warrant of
arrest and information filed in the case. Upon the failure of the arrested person to enter
into the condition of release fixed by the court or judge or if the person has been arrested
for an offense which is not bailable, the clerk or assistant clerk or the person designated
by the Commissioner of Correction shall issue a mittimus committing the arrested person
to a community correctional center, or the Connecticut Correctional Institution, Niantic,
as the case may be, until he is discharged by due course of law.
(b) When any person is arrested on a bench warrant of arrest issued by order of the
Superior Court or by a judge thereof, in which the court or judge has not indicated that
bail should be denied or has not ordered that the officer or indifferent person making
such arrest shall without undue delay bring such person before the clerk or assistant
clerk of the superior court for the geographical area, the officer or indifferent person
making the arrest shall without undue delay, comply with the provisions of sections 54-63c and 54-63d in setting the conditions of release for the person or persons arrested
under the warrant.
(c) The clerk or assistant clerk and the person designated by the Commissioner of
Correction may take a written promise to appear on a bond without or with surety from
an arrested person in accordance with the conditions of release fixed by the court or
judge and may administer such oaths as are necessary in the taking of promises or bonds.
(P.A. 80-313, S. 13; P.A. 85-309.)
*Note: This section was formerly part of Sec. 54-2a. See Sec. 54-2a History re P.A. 80-313.
History: P.A. 85-309 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize commitment of person under arrest to Connecticut Correctional
Institution, Niantic.
Cited. 187 C. 6. Cited. 195 C. 505. Cited. 201 C. 115. Cited. 236 C. 388.