Sec. 54-86m. Prohibition against reproducing evidence that constitutes child pornography.
Sec. 54-86m. Prohibition against reproducing evidence that constitutes child
pornography. Notwithstanding section 54-86a, in any criminal proceeding, any property or material that constitutes child pornography shall remain in the care, custody
and control of the state, and a court shall deny any request by the defendant to copy,
photograph, duplicate or otherwise reproduce any property or material that constitutes
child pornography so long as the attorney for the state makes the property or material
reasonably available to the defendant. Such property or material shall be deemed to be
reasonably available to the defendant if the attorney for the state provides the defendant,
the defendant's attorney or any individual the defendant may seek to qualify to furnish
expert testimony at trial, ample opportunity for inspection, viewing, and examination
of the property or material at a state facility or at another facility agreed upon by the
attorney for the state and the defendant. For the purposes of this section, "child pornography" shall have the same meaning as in section 53a-193.
(P.A. 07-246, S. 2.)