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Conn. Practice Book § 42-46
Control of Judicial Proceedings; Restraint of Disruptive Defendant
(a) Reasonable means of restraint may be
employed if the judicial authority finds such
restraint reasonably necessary to maintain order.
If restraints appear potentially necessary and the
circumstances permit, the judicial authority may
conduct an evidentiary hearing outside the pres -
ence of the jury before ordering such restraints.
The judicial authority may rely on information
other than that formally admitted into evidence.
Such information shall be placed on the record
outside the presence of the jury and the defendant
given an opportunity to respond to it.
(b) In ordering the use of restraints or denying
a request to remove them, the judicial authority
shall detail its reasons on the record outside the
presence of the jury. The nature and duration of
the restraints employed shall be those reason -
ably necessary under the circumstances. All reasonable efforts shall be employed to conceal
such restraints from the view of the jurors. Upon
request, the judicial authority shall instruct the
jurors that restraint is not to be considered in
assessing the evidence or in the determination of
the case.
History
(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 892.)
Provenance
- Source
- jud.ct.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-15
- Edition
- 2026-09-15
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