Sec. 51-281. Jurisdiction of prosecutorial officials. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 51-281. Jurisdiction of prosecutorial officials. The Chief State's Attorney and each deputy chief state's attorney, state's attorney, assistant state's attorney and deputy assistant state's attorney shall be qualified to act in any judicial district in the state and in connection with any matter regardless of the judicial district where the offense took place, and may be assigned to act in any judicial district at any time on designation by the Chief State's Attorney.

      (P.A. 73-122, S. 23, 27; P.A. 76-436, S. 570, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 84-406, S. 11, 13; P.A. 89-345, S. 5.)

      History: P.A. 76-436 included deputy assistant state's attorneys in purview of section and added references to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted references to counties; P.A. 84-406 added "deputy chief state's attorney", effective November 28, 1984, upon certification by secretary of state of vote on constitutional amendment re state's attorneys; P.A. 89-345 added chief state's attorney as qualified to act in any judicial district in connection with any matter.