(a) A person eighteen years of age or older is guilty of prostitution when such person engages or agrees or offers to engage in sexual conduct with another person in return for a fee.
(b) In any prosecution for an offense under this section, it shall be an affirmative defense that the actor was a victim of conduct by another person that constitutes (1) a violation of section 53a-192a, or (2) a criminal violation of 18 USC Chapter 77, as amended from time to time.
(c) Nothing in this section shall limit a person's right to assert the defense of duress pursuant to section 53a-14 in any prosecution for an offense under this section.
(d) Prostitution is a class A misdemeanor.
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 83; P.A. 06-43, S. 5; P.A. 10-115, S. 1; P.A 13-166, S. 3; P.A. 16-71, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 06-43 added new Subsec. (b) re affirmative defense and redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 10-115 amended Subsec. (a) to limit applicability of offense to person 16 years of age or older, added new Subsec. (c) re presumption of coercion of person 16 or 17 years of age and redesignated existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d); P.A. 13-166 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to replace provisions re actor being coerced into committing offense with provisions re actor being a victim of conduct by another that constitutes a violation of Sec. 53a-192a, designated as Subdiv. (1), or a victim of a criminal violation of 18 USC Chapter 77, designated as Subdiv. (2), added new Subsec. (d) re right to assert defense of duress pursuant to Sec. 53a-14, and redesignated existing Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (e); P.A. 16-71 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing “sixteen” with “eighteen” re age of person to be guilty of prostitution, deleted former Subsec. (c) re prosecution of person age 16 or 17 and redesignated existing Subsecs. (d) and (e) as Subsecs. (c) and (d).
Meaning of statutory language is clear and is sufficient to warn ordinary person of the prohibited conduct. 37 CS 506. Does not violate right to privacy which has never been extended to encompass prostitutes plying their trade on the street. Id., 515.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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cases, 1980–2018 · leading case:
State v. Allen, 424 A.2d 651 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1980).
State v. Allen, 424 A.2d 651 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1980).
· cites it 11× “After a trial to the jury the defendant was convicted of prostitution in violation of General Statutes § 53a-82. The defendant appeals from the judgment rendered on the verdict and from the denial of her motion to set aside the verdict.”
State v. Cyr, 751 A.2d 420 (Conn. App. Ct. 2000).
· cites it 2× “On September 27, 1997, the defendant entered pleas of guilty 2 to two counts of risk of injury to a child in violation of General Statutes § 53-21 and one count of prostitution in violation of General Statutes § 53a-82. He was sentenced by the court, Zarella, J.”
Powell v. Cusimano, 326 F. Supp. 2d 322 (D. Conn. 2004).
· cites it 2× “§ 53a-32) and one count of prostitution (Conn.Gen.Stat. § 53a-82). He was ordered to serve concurrent sentences for a total effective sentence of three years.”
State v. Rollins, 723 A.2d 817 (Conn. App. Ct. 1999).
“to 1995) § 53a-82 1 and committing him to the custody of the commissioner of correction for a period of three years.”
State v. Woljar, 477 So. 2d 80 (La. 1985).
“§ 41-3002 (1947); Conn.Gen.Stat. Ann. § 53a-82 (West 1958); Fla.”
State v. Henderson, 60 A.3d 294 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013).
““(c) Three or more arrests, or the issuance of three or more arrest warrants indicating a pattern of criminal activity and not isolated incidents, for the following offenses shall constitute the basis for bringing an action to abate a public nuisance: “(1) Prostitution under…”
State v. Butkus, 424 A.2d 659 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1980).
· cites it 5× “The defendant was convicted of prostitution in violation of General Statutes § 53a-82 after a trial to a jury.”
Ding, 27 I. & N. Dec. 295 (2018).
“Penal Code § 647 (b) (West 1994); Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-82 (1994); Del. Code Ann.”
State v. Reed, 762 A.2d 16 (Conn. App. Ct. 2000).
“The defendant, Vaughn Lee Reed, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of prostitution in violation of General Stat *74 utes § 53a-82 (a). On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly charged the jury on the presumption of innocence…”
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