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7.3-5 Promoting Prostitution (By a Minor) -- § 53a-86 (a) (2) and § 53a-87 (a) (2)
Revised to December 1, 2007
Note: The degree of the offense depends on the age of the minor. See § 53a-86 (a) (2) (first degree: less than 16 years of age); § 53a-87 (a) (2) (second degree: less than 18 years of age).
The defendant is charged [in count __] with promoting prostitution in the (first / second) degree. The statute defining this offense reads in pertinent part as follows:
a person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the (first / second) degree when (he/she) knowingly (advances / profits from) prostitution of a person less than (sixteen / eighteen) years old.
For you to find the defendant guilty of this charge, the state must prove the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:
Element 1 -
Knowingly advanced or profited from prostitution
The first element is
that the defendant knowingly (advanced / profited from)
prostitution. A person acts "knowingly"
with respect to conduct or to a circumstance when (he/she) is
aware that (his/her) conduct is of such nature or that such
circumstance exists. <See
Knowledge, Instruction 2.3-3.>
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A person "advances prostitution" when, acting other than as a prostitute or as a patron thereof, (he/she) knowingly causes or aids a person to commit or engage in prostitution, procures or solicits patrons for prostitution, provides persons or premises for prostitution purposes, operates or assists in the operation of a house of prostitution or a prostitution enterprise, or engages in any other conduct designed to institute, aid or facilitate an act or enterprise of prostitution.
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A person "profits from prostitution" when, acting other than as a prostitute receiving compensation for personally rendered prostitution services, (he/she) accepts or receives money or other property pursuant to an agreement or understanding with any person whereby (he/she) participates or is to participate in the proceeds of prostitution activity.
Element 2 - By a
minor
The second element is
that the person acting as a prostitute was less than (sixteen /
eighteen) years of age.
Conclusion
In summary, the state must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that 1) the defendant knowingly (advanced / profited from) prostitution, and 2) the person acting as a prostitute was less than (sixteen / eighteen) years of age.
If you unanimously find that the state has proved beyond a reasonable doubt each of the elements of the crime of promoting prostitution in the (first/second) degree, then you shall find the defendant guilty. On the other hand, if you unanimously find that the state has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt any of the elements, you shall then find the defendant not guilty.
Commentary
"An act of promoting
prostitution does not necessarily constitute a violation of the
statute that prohibits risk of injury to a child, and vice versa.
Promoting prostitution requires a specific intent; the actor must
knowingly advance or profit from prostitution of a person less
than sixteen years old." (Internal quotation marks omitted.)
State v. Aldrich, 53 Conn. App. 627, 635, cert. denied, 250
Conn. 909 (1999).