Section 51-183h - (Formerly Sec. 51-41a). Judge not to hear motion attacking bench warrant which he signed.

CT Gen Stat § 51-183h (2019) (N/A)
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No judge may preside at the hearing of any motion attacking the validity or sufficiency of any bench warrant of arrest which he has signed.

(1967, P.A. 24, S. 1; P.A. 82-248, S. 95.)

History: Sec. 51-41a transferred to Sec. 51-183h in 1979; P.A. 82-248 changed “warrant or arrest warrant” to “warrant of arrest”.

Annotation to former section 51-41a:

Cited. 191 C. 360.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 227 C. 784.

Cited. 37 CA 672. A hearing in probable cause is not a hearing on a motion attacking the validity or sufficiency of the arrest warrant, and accordingly, does not provide a basis for disqualification under section. 142 CA 530.