Connecticut Statutes
§ 53a-194 — Obscenity: Class B misdemeanor.
Connecticut § 53a-194
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Bluebook
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-194 (2026).
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(a)A person is guilty of obscenity when, knowing its content and character, he promotes, or possesses with intent to promote, any obscene material or performance.
(b)Obscenity is a class B misdemeanor.
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Related
Beverly Hills Suites LLC v. Town of Windsor Locks
136 F. Supp. 3d 167 (D. Connecticut, 2015)
State v. Duckett, No. Cr 19 54246 S (Feb. 16, 1996)
1996 Conn. Super. Ct. 1420-P (Connecticut Superior Court, 1996)
State v. Roccio, No. Cr 19 54247 S (Feb. 16, 1996)
1996 Conn. Super. Ct. 1420-JJJ (Connecticut Superior Court, 1996)
State v. Krukowski, No. Cr 19 54245 S (Feb. 16, 1996)
1996 Conn. Super. Ct. 1420-AAA (Connecticut Superior Court, 1996)
Legislative History
(1969, P.A. 828, S. 196.) State has burden of presenting evidence of contemporary community standards in prosecution for obscenity, except where performance is so offensive that no conceivable community standard would permit it. 174 C. 46. Cited. 193 C. 612. Cited. 28 CA 91. Obscenity statute is not so vague or overly broad as to violate federal standards; section is presently immune from attack upon the grounds of vagueness or overbreadth at the federal level. 32 CS 639. Cited. 33 CS 681; 38 CS 570. Cited. 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 656.
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