CT SB00425

Sentencing courts may reduce sentences, order discharge, or order probation/conditional discharge at any time during incarceration for good cause shown.

For sentences over seven years imposed as a result of plea agreements on or after October 1, 2021, modification requires agreement of both the defendant and state's attorney to seek review.

Defendants denied sentence modification must wait five years before filing another motion for relief under this section.

Mandatory minimum sentences that cannot be suspended or reduced by court are excluded from modification provisions.

Crime victims may appear at sentence modification hearings to make statements or submit written statements for the record regarding whether the sentence should be reduced or defendant discharged.