CT SB00230

Requires electronic audiovisual recording of all custodial interrogations for capital felonies and class A or B felonies at places of detention, effective October 1, 2010.

Presumes statements made during unrecorded custodial interrogations inadmissible as evidence unless the state proves an exception applies by preponderance of the evidence.

Allows exceptions for statements made in open court, spontaneous statements, routine booking questions, out-of-state interrogations, and statements when interrogators were unaware a death occurred.

Permits admission of unrecorded statements if the person requested the interrogation not be recorded before providing the statement, which must itself be electronically recorded.

Requires law enforcement to preserve all electronic recordings until conviction is final and all appeals are exhausted; recordings are confidential and not subject to Freedom of Information Act disclosure.