State v. Bemer

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. BRUCE JOHN BEMER (SC 20429) Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Vertefeuille, Js. Syllabus Pursuant to statute ((Rev. to 2015) § 53a-83 (c) (2) (A)), patronizing a prosti- tute is a class C felony if the individual guilty of that offense ‘‘knew or reasonably should have known at the time of the offense that such other person . . . was the victim of conduct of another person that consti- tutes . . . trafficking in persons . . . .’’ Pursuant further to statute ((Supp. 2016) § 53a-192a (a) (1)), ‘‘[a] person is guilty of trafficking in persons…