(a) A person is guilty of importing child sexual abuse material when, with intent to promote child sexual abuse material, such person knowingly imports or causes to be imported into the state three or more visual depictions of child sexual abuse material of known content and character.
(b) Importing child sexual abuse material is a class B felony and any person found guilty under this section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which five years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court.
(P.A. 85-496, S. 5; P.A. 04-139, S. 3; P.A. 07-143, S. 7; P.A. 24-118, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 04-139 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “any child pornography” with “three or more visual depictions of child pornography” and make a technical change for purposes of gender neutrality, deleted former Subsec. (b) providing that importation of two or more copies of any publication containing child pornography shall be prima facie evidence that such publications were imported with intent to promote child pornography, redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as new Subsec. (b) and amended said Subsec. to increase penalty from a class C felony to a class B felony; P.A. 07-143 amended Subsec. (b) to require any person found guilty to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which 5 years of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 24-118 replaced references to “child pornography” with “child sexual abuse material” throughout.
Notes of Decisions
State v. Sorabella, 549 U.S. 821 (2006).
· cites it 22× “to 1999) § 53a-196c 7 and one count of *162 obscenity in violation of General Statutes § 53a-194 (a).”
State v. Ehlers, 750 A.2d 1079 (Conn. 2000).
· cites it 11× “The term minor, however, is clearly defined for purposes of a closely related statute that also uses the term child pornography, namely, General Statutes § 53a-196c. 12 We note that, before the enactment of § 53a-196d in 1995, § 53a-196c had been the only section of the Penal…”
State v. Ernesto P., 41 A.3d 1115 (Conn. App. Ct. 2012).
· cites it 4× “That scheme includes, inter alia, offenses relating to the promotion of obscene materials to minors; General Statutes § 53a-196; the employment of minors in obscene performances; General Statutes § 53a-196a; the importation of child pornography; General Statutes § 53a-196c; and…”
State v. Henderson, 60 A.3d 294 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013).
““(2) Promoting an obscene performance or obscene material under section 53a-196 or 53a-196b, employing a minor in an obscene performance under section 53a-196a, importing child pornography under section 53a-196c, possessing child pornography in the first degree -under section…”
State v. Shields, 5 A.3d 984 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010).
“The defendant was arrested and charged with possession of child pornography in the first degree in violation of § 53a-196d and importing child pornography in violation of § 53a-196c. 6 On August 16, 2006, the defendant filed a motion to suppress the evidence that had been…”
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