Section 53a-36a - Imprisonment term for misdemeanor not to exceed three hundred sixty-four days(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any offense which constitutes a breach of any law of this state for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of up to but not exceeding one year shall be punishable by imprisonment for a period not to exceed three hundred sixty-four days. A misdemeanor conviction for which a person was sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one year shall continue to be deemed a misdemeanor conviction after the maximum term of imprisonment is reduced pursuant to this section.(b) The provisions of this section apply to any term of imprisonment for which a person was sentenced to before, on or after October 1, 2021.(c) Any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment of one year, prior to October 1, 2021, for any offense previously punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to but not exceeding one year, may apply to the court that entered the judgment of conviction to have the term of sentence modified to the maximum term of imprisonment for a period not to exceed three hundred sixty-four days. Any such application may be filed at any time and the court shall issue such modification regardless of the date of conviction, provided the record of such sentence has not been destroyed.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-36a
Added by P.A. 21-0032,S. 35 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2021.