Conn. Gen. Stat. § 14-222a

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 14-222a - Negligent homicide with a motor vehicle

Any person who, in consequence of the negligent operation of a motor vehicle, causes the death of another person shall be fined not more than three thousand five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

(P.A. 81-26, S. 1; P.A. 07-167, S. 34.)

Amended by P.A. 19-0053,S. 2 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2019 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2019.

Cited. 202 Conn. 629; 222 C. 444; 226 Conn. 191. Negligent homicide with a motor vehicle is a lesser included offense of misconduct with a motor vehicle (Sec. 53a-57 ). 9 Conn.App. 686. Cited. 11 Conn.App. 122; Id., 473; 22 CA 108; 27 Conn.App. 225; 28 CA 283; 38 Conn.App. 322. Since motor vehicle violations are specifically excluded from definition of an offense, and, therefore, from definition of a crime, negligent homicide with a motor vehicle is not a crime to which youthful offender status may be applied. 49 CS 170.

See Sec. 14-111g re operator's retraining program.