Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-54d

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 53a-54d - Arson murder

A person is guilty of murder when, acting either alone or with one or more persons, he commits arson and, in the course of such arson, causes the death of a person. Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, any person convicted of murder under this section who was eighteen years of age or older at the time of the offense shall be punished by life imprisonment and shall not be eligible for parole.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-54d

(P.A. 79-570, S. 1; P.A. 15-84, S. 8.)

Amended by P.A. 15-0084, S. 8 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2015.

Cited. 191 Conn. 636. Does not violate defendant's right to due process and equal protection. 196 Conn. 655. Cited. Id., 667. When two or more persons are the victims of a single episode, there are as many offenses as there are victims. 198 Conn. 92. Cited. 204 Conn. 377; 210 C. 22; Id., 519; 211 Conn. 258; Id., 289; 213 C. 161; 214 Conn. 378; 216 Conn. 699; 237 Conn. 694; 238 Conn. 828; 240 Conn. 727; 241 Conn. 702. Cited. 41 Conn.App. 476. Cited. 42 Conn.Supp. 426.