Section 53a-86 - Promoting prostitution in the first degree: Class B felony(a) A person is guilty of promoting prostitution in the first degree when he knowingly: (1) Advances prostitution by compelling a person by force or intimidation to engage in prostitution, or profits from coercive conduct by another; or(2) advances or profits from prostitution of a person less than eighteen years old.(b) Promoting prostitution in the first degree is a class B felony. Any person found guilty under subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of which nine months of the sentence imposed may not be suspended or reduced by the court and shall be fined fifteen thousand dollars.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-86
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 87; P.A. 10-115, S. 2; P.A. 16-71, S. 16.)
Amended by P.A. 16-0071, S. 16 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2016.Amended by P.A. 10-0115, S. 2 of the February 2010 Regular Session, eff. 10/1/2010. Cited. 185 Conn. 199; 191 Conn. 453; 199 Conn. 47. Sentencing under both risk of injury and promoting prostitution statutes not a double jeopardy violation. 53 CA 627.