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      Sec. 53a-26. Misdemeanor: Definition, classification, designation. (a) An offense for which a person may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of not more than one year is a misdemeanor.

      (b) Misdemeanors are classified for the purposes of sentence as follows: (1) Class A, (2) class B, (3) class C and (4) unclassified.

      (c) The particular classification of each misdemeanor defined in this chapter is expressly designated in the section defining it. Any offense defined in any other section of the general statutes which, by virtue of an expressly specified sentence, is within the definition set forth in subsection (a) shall be deemed an unclassified misdemeanor.

      (1969, P.A. 828, S. 26; P.A. 92-260, S. 10.)

      History: P.A. 92-260 made a technical change in Subsec. (b).

      See Sec. 53a-36 re sentences for misdemeanors.

      See Sec. 53a-42 re fines for misdemeanors.

      Cited. 202 C. 443.

      Cited. 9 CA 686. Cited. 41 CA 476. Cited. 43 CA 1.

      Cited. 36 CS 551.

      Subsec. (a):

      Cited. 36 CS 527.

      Subsec. (c):

      Cited. 36 CS 527.