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General Statutes of Connecticut
Title 54 - CRIMINAL PROCEDUREChapter 961 - TRIAL AND PROCEEDINGS AFTER CONVICTION
Part I - DISCOVERY, TRIAL AND WITNESSES
Section 54-88 - State to open and close arguments

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-88

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Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
Section 54-88 - State to open and close arguments

In any criminal trial, the counsel for the state shall be entitled to open and close the argument.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-88

(1949 Rev., S. 8804.)

There is no rigid requirement that prosecutor's final summation must be limited solely to rebuttal of matters raised in defendant's argument. 170 C. 417. Cited. 230 C. 351.