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  • § 14-37a. Special operator's permit for employment purposes.

  • § 14-227a. Operation while under the influence of liquor or drug or while having an elevated blood alcohol content.

  • §14-227b. Implied consent to test operator's blood, breath or urine. Testing procedures. License suspension. Hearing.

  • §14-227e. Community service for persons convicted of operation while under the influence of liquor or drug.

  • §14-227f. Alcohol and drug addiction treatment program.

  • §14-227g. Operation by person under twenty-one years of age while blood alcohol content exceeds two-hundredths of one per cent. Procedures. Penalties.

  • §14-227h. Impoundment of motor vehicle operated by certain persons arrested for operating while under the influence of liquor or drug.

  • § 53a-40f. Persistent operating while under the influence felony offender. Authorized sentences.

  • § 53a-56b. Manslaughter in the second degree with a motor vehicle: Class C felony.

Connecticut Case Law

  • State v. Haight. 279 Conn. 546 (2006) What constitutes “operating” a motor vehicle?

  • Tarro v. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, 279 Conn. 280 (2006)
    Officer had a reasonable suspicion to stop a speeder.
  • State v. Milotte, 95 Conn. App. 616 (2006)
    Police officer lacked a reasonable and articulable suspicion of criminal activity to justify a warrantless investigatory stop of defendant’s vehicle

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