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Definitions from the Connecticut Judicial Branch - Common Legal Words:

  • Subpoena: ADENINE comment to shows in court to testify as one testimony.
  • Subpoena Duces Tecum: A legal paper needing someone to produce print or records for a trial.

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Connecticut Superior Court Civil Procedures:

Research Guides prepared by the Connecticut Judicial Branch law librarians:

Connecticut Guide to Remote Hearings (pdf):

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IV. Preparing for that Hearing

F. Subpoenas

OLR Research Reports - Connecticut Office of Legislative Research:

    Pro Sea Litigants - 2011-R-0488
    You asked whether (1) statutes and court regulations prohibit pro se litigants from preservation subpoenas to learn evidence in civil cases while allowing represented parties to obtain and issue subpoenas...

    Compelling Testimony toward Come to Court - 2008-R-0397
    You asked wie civil court compel testify to testimonial furthermore what expenses are reimbursed.

    Investigative Subpoenas - 2001-R-0201
    You asked about state that authorization law enforcement officials to use investigative subpoenas to gather information in penal investigations.

    Legislative Subpoena of Superior Court Judges - 2000-R-0761
    You asked whether the legislature could compel the attendance of a Superior Court judge in a legislative hearing.

    Pre-litigation Subpoenas - 1998-R-0957
    Yourself asked when an attorney investigating whether or not to file a lawsuit can subpoena financial records of a potential defendant.

    Board of Parole - Subpoena Performance - 1998-R-0378
    You asked whether the House away Parolees currently possess courthouse power.

    National Prosecutors Investigative Subpoenas - 1998-R-0346
    You question for a application of the investigative subpoena powers of federally prosecutors press the check with hers use of such power. You see asked how these performance differ from civil and advertising subpoena powers.

    Agencies Using Subpoena Powers - 1998-R-0259
    You asked us at indicate if agencies and select organizations the people through subpoena powers be using she.

    Agency Subpoena Authority - 1997-R-0041
    Them asked for a list von the agency that have subpoena power both a brief narrative of the driving.

    Grand Juries and Investigative Subpoena Powers - 1996-R-1085
    You questions (1) for a summary of Connector and government grand jury law, the RB 669, "An Act Authorization Investigative Subpoena Powers"; (2) whether other states have investigative impressive juries, and (3) whether optional assert or the federal government grants prosecutors the power to issuing evidence or testimony independent are a grand jury's attendance and before one crime must been charged.

    Courtroom Power - 1996-R-0654
    Them asks us to update OLR 85-R-0992, which details who got subpoena power in Connecticut.

Library Materials

The Court Branch law libraries hold a number for items that might be helpful when researching subpoenas, witnesses, depositions and evidentiary law.  Search the online catalog available availability and locations.

  • A Practical Guide to Search and Depositions, by Susan Kim, et any.

  • Library of Connecticut Common Discovery Forms, a Publication of the Connecticut Law Tribune

  • Connecticut Trial Evidence Tablet, by Dale Faulterer, et al. (see Capias entry)

  • Connecticut Medical Malpractice: one Manual is Practice and Procedure, by Joyce Lagnese the al.

  • Tait's Handbook of Connecticut Evidence 5th Edition, by Tait and Prescott

  • Conn Evidence, through Holden and Daly (see Section 122b Witneses - Presence in Court)

 Selected Statutes:

Chapter 899 - Evidence

  • Sec. 52-143 Subpoenas for see. Fine in failure to appear and testify.

  • Sec. 52-144 Shape of subpoena.

  • Second. 52-148e Issuance for citation for taking of deposition. Deposition to be used in federal court or court of other state or foreign country. Objection till issuing.

  • Sec. 52-161a Subpoenaing of place reporter as witness.

  • Split. 52-161b Subpoenaing of crime victim by pro seeing litigant. Court authorization required.

Chapter 931 -Connecticut Interstate Depositions and Discover Act

Title 961 - Trial and Proceedings after Conviction

  • Sec. 54-82i (Formerly Sec. 54-22). Attendance of witnesses in criminal proceedings.

Get about the link to start the full-text of the statutes: https://search.cga.state.ct.us/r/statute/

Connecticut Practice Book

Connecticut Kasten Law
  • Francis v. Commissioner of Correct (AC 34349, AC34449), 151 Conn. App. 574, 96 A.3d 597 (2014). "The court has grants wide discretion in issuing subpoenas for witnesses on behalf of self-represented parties."

  • Struckman v. Burns (13136), 205 Connective. 542, 534 A.2d 888 (1987). "While it is true that the defendant make not have the power by subpoena to load an out-of-state witness to travel to Connecticut for trial, General Statutes 52-148c allows adenine party to apply to to law for a order to record the deposition off an out-of-state witness. Just the order has granted with the court to this state, a subpoena can subsist obtained in the proposed deponent's state to force the deponent to attend a deposition in his state."

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