# Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-46: Sec. 54-46. Prosecution on complaint or information

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## Section

- **Citation:** Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-46
- **Heading:** Sec. 54-46. Prosecution on complaint or information
- **Jurisdiction:** Connecticut
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Connecticut Code / Title 54 / Chapter 960 / Section 54-46

## Text

See Sec. 54-56b re right to dismissal or trial on nolle.

See Sec. 54-56c re request for privileged trial status.

Section is constitutional. 60 C. 94; 135 C. 262. Information may be amended after evidence has been offered. 35 C. 319. As to particularity required. 39 C. 230; 93 C. 646. Must charge all essential elements of crime; 72 C. 606; 73 C. 407; thus, specific intent must be charged. 66 C. 250; 80 C. 614; 81 C. 699. Charging offense in words of statute. 66 C. 9; Id., 657; 72 C. 606; 73 C. 18; 80 C. 321; 81 C. 696; 83 C. 304; 97 C. 730, 735; 99 C. 117; or of city ordinance. 60 C. 106; 88 C. 715; 91 C. 68. If effect is to include acts not in purview of statute, it is not sufficient; 82 C. 321; 93 C. 646; a more particular description may limit proof. 80 C. 321. Necessity of negativing exception. 69 C. 198; 88 C. 353. Old rules as to strictness relaxed; 81 C. 696; general rule as to certainty. 85 C. 322. Aider by verdict; 68 C. 512; 81 C. 696; amendable defect not ground for new trial. 80 C. 614. Necessity of identifying person with reference to whom crime is committed; 66 C. 558; of correctly alleging date of crime. 81 C. 98. Alleging matters by legal effect; act of principal as act of agent. 69 C. 86. Allegation of former conviction. 68 C. 512; 94 C. 701; 96 C. 172. Against one as accessory. 82 C. 213. Conspiracy and acts done in pursuance of it may be alleged in one count; 75 C. 206; so keeping disorderly house and one where lewd persons resort, 66 C. 8; so keeping place for registering bets and selling pools. 66 C. 250. Merger defined; is a doctrine of very limited application. 99 C. 114; 108 C. 215. Identity of offenses. Id., 214. Cited. 151 C. 524; 153 C. 325; Id., 451. There is no federal constitutional impediment to dispensing entirely with grand jury in state prosecutions. 155 C. 367. Prosecution by information for infamous crime was not violation of defendant's rights under U.S. Constitution. 156 C. 391. Cited. 159 C. 264; 184 C. 597; 192 C. 671; 202 C. 443; 229 C. 691.

Cited. 22 CS 7. Not a denial of equal protection clause of fourteenth amendment of federal constitution to indict person by an information in larceny case. 25 CS 509.

## Nearby sections

- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-45 Sec. 54-45. When grand jury is required. Selecting grand jury. Alternate grand jurors.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-45.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-45a Sec. 54-45a. Record of grand jury proceedings. Transcripts.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-45a.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-46 Sec. 54-46. Prosecution on complaint or information.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-46.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-46a Sec. 54-46a. Probable cause hearing for persons charged with crimes punishable by death, life imprisonment without possibility of release or life imprisonment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-46a.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-47a Sec. 54-47a. Compelling testimony of witness. Immunity from prosecution.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-47a.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-47aa Sec. 54-47aa. Ex parte order to compel disclosure of or direct application to carrier or provider for certain telephone and Internet records.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-47aa.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-47b Sec. 54-47b. Investigatory grand jury. Definitions.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-47b.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-47c Sec. 54-47c. Application for investigation into commission of crime.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-47c.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-47d Sec. 54-47d. Appointment of investigatory grand jury. Duration and scope of investigation.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-47d.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-47e Sec. 54-47e. Sealing of order and application. Summary of scope of investigation. Disclosure.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-47e.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-47f Sec. 54-47f. Conduct of investigation. Testimony of witnesses.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-47f.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-47g Sec. 54-47g. Finding and record of investigation. Disclosure. Hearing. Access to testimony.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-47g.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-47h Sec. 54-47h. Report.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-47h.md)
- [Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-47i Sec. 54-47i. Authority of investigation ordered prior to October 1, 1985.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_CT_T54_C960_S54-47i.md)

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