Bindinglaw

CT · rules

Conn. Practice Book § 43-9

Use and Disclosure of Reports

activein force · 2009-01-01 – presentact-effective-date

The presentence investigation and alternate

incarceration assessment reports shall not be

public records and shall not be accessible to

the public. They shall be available initially to the

parties designated in Section 43-7 for use in the

sentencing hearing and in any subsequent pro -

ceedings wherein the same conviction may be

involved, and they shall be available at all times

to the following:

(1) The Office of Adult Probation;

(2) The correctional or mental health institution

to which the defendant is committed or may be

committed;

(3) The Board of Pardons and Paroles;

(4) The sentence review division of the Superior Court;

(5) The Judicial Review Council;

(6) Any court of proper jurisdiction where it is

relevant to any proceeding before such court.

Such court may also order that the report be made

available to counsel for the parties for the purpose

of such proceeding;

(7) Counsel for the defendant and the prosecuting authority during negotiations relating to other

offenses pending against the defendant or subsequently charged against the defendant;

(8) Counsel for the defendant in a sentence

review hearing or habeas corpus proceeding upon

counsel’s request to the Department of Adult Probation;

(9) Counsel for the defendant and the prosecuting authority in connection with extradition pro -

ceedings; and

(10) Any other person or agency specified by

statute. The prosecuting authority and counsel for

the defendant shall retain a copy of the presen -

tence investigation and alternate incarceration

reports and may use the same in connection with

any matter pertaining to actions by the entities

defined in paragraphs (1) through (9) of this section, or for any other purpose for which permission

is first obtained from any judicial authority. In all

other respects, both the prosecuting authority

and counsel for the defendant shall maintain the

confidentiality of the information contained in the

records. A defendant may obtain a copy of the

presentence and alternate incarceration reports

under proper application to a judicial authority in

the judicial district in which sentence was imposed.

History

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 917.) (Amended June 30, 2008, to take effect Jan. 1, 2009.)

Provenance

Source
jud.ct.gov
Retrieved
2026-09-15
Edition
2026-09-15
Content hash
8c76de7ed2a63f0403a77b3c1799f1f9024bb8110387eb94b317eaebe63ec561
View the official source →

The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.

Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.

Coverage · API docs

Bindinglaw

Point-in-time US law with the receipt attached. Source URL, retrieval time, content hash, and validity dates on every answer.

curl api.binding.law/v1/law/coverage

© 2026 binding.law · a Jubal, Inc. productAttorneys and firms never pay. Ever.
Conn. Practice Book § 43-9 — Use and Disclosure of Re… · binding.law