Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-195 (2026)

Defense

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In any prosecution for obscenity it is a defense that the persons to whom allegedly obscene material was disseminated, or the audience to an allegedly obscene performance, consisted of persons or institutions having scientific, educational or governmental justification for possessing or viewing the same.

(1969, P.A. 828, S. 197; P.A. 92-260, S. 77.)

History: P.A. 92-260 made a technical change.

Cited. 200 C. 664.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1981–1981 · leading case: 400 E. Baltimore Street, Inc. v. State, 431 A.2d 682 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1981).
400 E. Baltimore Street, Inc. v. State, 431 A.2d 682 (Md. Ct. Spec. App. 1981). “8 (Deering); Conn. Gen. Stat. Ann. § 53a-195; Del. Code tit.”
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