(a) A person is guilty of promoting a minor in an obscene performance when he knowingly promotes any material or performance in which a minor is employed, whether or not such minor receives any consideration, and such material or performance is obscene as to minors notwithstanding that such material or performance is intended for an adult audience.
(b) For purposes of this section, “knowingly” means having general knowledge of or reason to know or a belief or ground for belief which warrants further inspection or inquiry as to (1) the character and content of any material or performance which is reasonably susceptible of examination by such person and (2) the age of the minor employed.
(c) Promoting a minor in an obscene performance is a class B felony.
(P.A. 78-345, S. 3, 4; P.A. 85-496, S. 3; P.A. 92-260, S. 80.)
History: P.A. 85-496 increased penalty from class C felony to class B felony; P.A. 92-260 made technical changes in Subsec. (a).
Evidence, which included videos that did not depict a prohibited sexual act as defined in Sec. 53a-193(3) but served as corroboration of activities described in victim's testimony, was sufficient to sustain conviction of promoting a minor in an obscene performance. 308 C. 274.
Cited. 28 CA 91.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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1 in the last 5 years), 1982–2021 · leading case:
New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747 (1982).
New York v. Ferber, 458 U.S. 747 (1982).
· cites it 2× “Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-196b (1981); Va. Code § 18.”
State v. Parsons, 612 A.2d 73 (Conn. App. Ct. 1992).
· cites it 9× “jury trial, of three counts of sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-70 (a), three counts of sexual assault in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-71 (a) (1), two counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General…”
State v. Hanisko, 202 A.3d 375 (Conn. App. Ct. 2019).
· cites it 2× “" General Statutes § 53a-196b provides in relevant part: "(a) A person is guilty of promoting a minor in an obscene performance when he knowingly promotes any material or performance in which a minor is employed, whether or not such minor receives any consideration, and such…”
State v. Coleman, 204 Conn. App. 860 (Conn. App. Ct. 2021).
“On June 12, 2003, pursuant to a plea agreement, the defendant pleaded guilty under the Alford doctrine2 to one count of promoting a minor in an obscene performance in violation of General Stat- utes § 53a-196b, two counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General…”
Greenwald v. Van Handel (Conn. 2014).
· cites it 2× “1 According to Judicial Branch records, after the trial court granted the defendant’s motion to strike the plaintiff’s complaint in which the plaintiff admitted to viewing child pornography, the plaintiff pleaded guilty to the charge of promoting a minor in an obscene…”
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