Conn. Practice Book § 44-37

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) ‘‘Prosecuting authority’’ means any person

appointed or otherwise designated or charged

generally or specially with the duty of prosecuting

persons accused of criminal offenses in any court,

and includes, but is not limited to, the chief state’s

attorney and any deputies or assistants and each

state’s attorney of the Superior Court and any

deputies or assistants.

(2) ‘‘Public defender’’ means any attorney

appointed or otherwise designated or charged

generally or specially by the court with the duty

of representing persons accused of criminal

offenses in any court or of representing anyone

in habeas corpus proceedings or appeals, and

includes, but is not limited to, the chief public

defender and any deputies or assistants, and

each public defender and any deputies or

assistants.

(3) ‘‘Law enforcement officer’’ means any person vested by law with a duty to maintain public

order or to make arrests for offenses, and

includes, but is not limited to, a member of the

state police department or an organized local

police department, a detective in the Division of

Criminal Justice, a sheriff or deputy sheriff, a conservation officer or special conservation officer as

defined in General Statutes § 26-5, a constable

who performs criminal law enforcement duties, a

special policeman appointed under General Statutes §§ 29-18, 29-18a or 29-19, or an official of

the Department of Correction authorized by the

Commissioner of Correction to make arrests in

a correctional institution or facility. ‘‘Law enforcement officer’’ also includes state and judicial marshals, but only where the use of that term in these

rules is consistent with the authority given to such

marshals by statute.

(4) ‘‘Offense’’ means any crime or violation

which constitutes a breach of any law of this state

or any local law or ordinance of a political subdivision of this state, for which a sentence of a term of

imprisonment or a fine, or both, may be imposed,

including infractions.

(5) ‘‘Crime’’ means a felony or a misdemeanor.

(6) ‘‘Violation’’ means an offense for which the

only sentence authorized is a fine and which is not

expressly designated as an infraction.

(7) ‘‘Felony’’ means an offense for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment

in excess of one year.

(8) ‘‘Misdemeanor’’ means an offense for which

a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than one year.

(9) ‘‘Infraction’’ means an act or a failure to act

which is designated by the General Statutes as

an infraction.

(10) ‘‘Trial’’ means that judicial proceeding at

which the guilt or innocence of the defendant to

the offense or offenses charged is to be

determined.