Administrative Code Provisions | Conn. Agencies Regs. ยง 54-124a(j)(2)-4 | 2018

The Board shall consider and may grant a pardon pursuant to an application that was placed on the administrative docket, without a hearing, provided that a victim of the crime or the Office of the State's Attorney has not requested a hearing and:

(1) The conduct for which the applicant was convicted was a misdemeanor and no longer constitutes a crime;

(2) Such applicant was convicted of a misdemeanor, under twenty-one years of age at the time of conviction, and has not been convicted of a crime during the five years preceding the date on which the administrative pardon is granted;

(3) Such misdemeanor conviction occurred prior to the effective date of the establishment of one of the following diversionary programs for which the applicant would have been eligible had such program existed at the time of conviction, provided the chairperson determines the applicant would likely have been granted entry into such program:

(A) Suspended Prosecution or Conviction and Probation and Court-Ordered Treatment for Drug or Alcohol Dependency. Sections 17a-692 to 17a-701, inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes (formerly sections 19a-127a to 19a-127j, inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes), effective January 1, 1990;

(B) Pretrial Family Violence Education Program. Section 46b-38c of the Connecticut General Statutes, effective October 1, 1986;

(C) Alternate Incarceration Program. Section 53a-39a of the Connecticut General Statutes, effective, July 5, 1989;

(D) Community Service Labor Program. Section 53a-39c of the Connecticut General Statutes, effective July 1, 1990;

(E) Accelerated Pretrial Rehabilitation. Section 54-56e of the Connecticut General Statutes (Formerly Section 54-76p of the Connecticut General Statutes), effective June 12, 1973;

(F) Pretrial Alcohol Education Program. Section 54-56g of the Connecticut General Statutes, effective October 1, 1981;

(G) Pretrial Drug Education Program. Section 54-56i of the Connecticut General Statutes, effective January 1, 1998;

(H) Pretrial School Violence Prevention Program. Section 54-56j of the Connecticut General Statutes, effective January 1, 2000; or

(4) Such applicant was convicted of a violation of any of the following crimes, and such applicant has not been convicted of a crime during the five years preceding the date on which the administrative pardon is granted, provided such date is at least ten years after the date of conviction or release from incarceration, whichever is later:

(A) Section 21a-277 of the Connecticut General Statutes (Formerly Section 19-480 of the Connecticut General Statutes);

(B) Section 21a-278 of the Connecticut General Statutes (Formerly Section 19-480a of the Connecticut General Statutes);

(C) Section 21a-279 of the Connecticut General Statutes.