Connecticut General Statutes 54-76b – Youthful offenders: Definitions; applicability of interstate compact
(a) For the purposes of sections 54-76b to 54-76n, inclusive:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 54-76b
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
(1) “Youth” means (A) a minor who has reached the age of sixteen years but has not reached the age of eighteen years at the time of the alleged offense, or (B) a child who has been transferred to the regular criminal docket of the Superior Court pursuant to § 46b-127; and
(2) “Youthful offender” means a youth who (A) is charged with the commission of a crime which is not a class A felony or a violation of § 53a-70b of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2019, or § 14-222a, subsection (a) or subdivision (1) of subsection (b) of § 14-224, § 14-227a, 14-227g or 14-227m, subdivision (1) or (2) of subsection (a) of § 14-227n, subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of § 53-21 or § 53a-70, 53a-70a, 53a-71, 53a-72a or 53a-72b, except a violation involving consensual sexual intercourse or sexual contact between the youth and another person who is thirteen years of age or older but under sixteen years of age, and (B) has not previously been convicted of a felony in the regular criminal docket of the Superior Court or been previously adjudged a serious juvenile offender or serious juvenile repeat offender, as defined in § 46b-120.
(b) The Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision under § 54-133 shall apply to youthful offenders.