What is pandering of a child under CRS 18-7-403?

Pandering a child in Colorado means to either: pressure a minor under 18 through threats to perform sex acts in exchange for money (or something of value); or arrange for a minor under 18 to perform sex acts in exchange for money (or something of value). You can be convicted of pandering even if you yourself never have sexual relations with the child or receive proceeds from any acts of prostitution.

How is pandering different from pimping?

Pandering is the proper name for the crime commonly thought of as pimping. Pimping is actually a related crime that involves knowingly living off the earnings of a prostitute. Colorado's law against pimping of a child, 18-7-405 C.R.S., punishes people who derive their support in whole or in part from money or anything else of value earned by a child prostitute.

What are the penalties for pandering of a child?

Pandering a child by menacing or criminal intimidation is a Colorado class 2 felony. Penalties can include: 8-24 years in prison, and a fine of $5,000-$1,000,000. Knowingly arranging, or offering to arrange, a situation in which a child may practice prostitution is a Colorado class 3 felony. Penalties can include: 4-12 years in prison, and a fine of $3,000-$750,000. Additionally, any conviction for pandering of a child will result in mandatory registration as a Colorado sex offender.

What are the defenses?

Common defenses to Colorado charges of pandering of a child prostitute can include (but are not limited to): The child was not a prostitute, You did not know the child was a prostitute, You did not make the introduction, You did not menace or intimidate the child, or The police engaged in misconduct, such as entrapment. It is NOT a defense that you did not know that the child was under 18 – even if they looked older and lied about their age.

What is pandering of a child under CRS 18-7-403?

Pandering a child in Colorado means to either: pressure a minor under 18 through threats to perform sex acts in exchange for money (or something of value); or arrange for a minor under 18 to perform sex acts in exchange for money (or something of value). You can be convicted of pandering even if you yourself never have sexual relations with the child or receive proceeds from any acts of prostitution.

How is pandering different from pimping?

Pandering is the proper name for the crime commonly thought of as pimping. Pimping is actually a related crime that involves knowingly living off the earnings of a prostitute. Colorado's law against pimping of a child, 18-7-405 C.R.S., punishes people who derive their support in whole or in part from money or anything else of value earned by a child prostitute.

What are the penalties for pandering of a child?

Pandering a child by menacing or criminal intimidation is a Colorado class 2 felony. Penalties can include: 8-24 years in prison, and a fine of $5,000-$1,000,000. Knowingly arranging, or offering to arrange, a situation in which a child may practice prostitution is a Colorado class 3 felony. Penalties can include: 4-12 years in prison, and a fine of $3,000-$750,000. Additionally, any conviction for pandering of a child will result in mandatory registration as a Colorado sex offender.

What are the defenses?

Common defenses to Colorado charges of pandering of a child prostitute can include (but are not limited to): The child was not a prostitute, You did not know the child was a prostitute, You did not make the introduction, You did not menace or intimidate the child, or The police engaged in misconduct, such as entrapment. It is NOT a defense that you did not know that the child was under 18 – even if they looked older and lied about their age.

CRS § 18-7-403 - Pandering of a Child

CRS 18-7-403 – “Ley de Pandering de un Niño” en Colorado

CRS 18-7-403 es la ley de Colorado que prohíbe el proxenetismo de un menor, definido como presionar o hacer que un menor de 18 años se involucre en la prostitución. Este crimen es un delito grave que conlleva años de prisión y registro como delincuente sexual.

Sección 18-7-403 (1) del código penal de Colorado establece:

Cualquier persona que haga cualquiera de las siguientes acciones por dinero u otra cosa de valor comete proxenetismo de un menor:

(a) Inducir a un menor mediante amenazas o intimidación criminal a cometer prostitución; o

(b) Organizar o ofrecer organizar una situación en la que un menor pueda practicar la prostitución.

En este artículo, nuestros abogados defensores penales de Denver discutirán:

1. ¿Qué es el proxenetismo de un menor?

Proxenetismo de un menor en Colorado significa presionar a un menor de 18 años a través de amenazas para realizar actos sexuales a cambio de dinero (u otra cosa de valor); o organizar para que un menor de 18 años realice actos sexuales a cambio de dinero (u otra cosa de valor).
Puede ser condenado por proxenetismo incluso si usted mismo nunca tiene relaciones sexuales con el menor o recibe ganancias de cualquier acto de prostitución.¹

Niño pequeño que es víctima de proxenetismo

CRS 18-7-403 prohíbe el proxenetismo de un menor en Colorado.

2. ¿Cómo se diferencia el proxenetismo del proxenetismo?

Proxenetismo es el nombre correcto para el delito comúnmente conocido como proxenetismo. Proxenetismo es en realidad un delito relacionado que implica vivir conscientemente de las ganancias de una prostituta.

La ley de Colorado contra el proxenetismo de un menor, 18-7-405 C.R.S., castiga a las personas que obtienen su sustento en su totalidad o en parte de dinero u otra cosa de valor ganada por una prostituta menor de edad.²

3. ¿Cuáles son las penas por el proxenetismo de un menor?

El proxenetismo de un menor mediante amenazas o intimidación criminal es un delito grave de clase 2 en Colorado. Las penas pueden incluir:

8-24 años de prisión, y
Una multa de $5,000-$1,000,000.

Organizar conscientemente, o ofrecer organizar, una situación en la que un menor pueda practicar prostitución es un delito grave de clase 3 en Colorado. Las penas pueden incluir:

4-12 años de prisión, y
Una multa de $3,000-$750,000.

Además, cualquier condena por proxenetismo de un menor resultará en el registro obligatorio como delincuente sexual de Colorado.³

4. ¿Cuáles son las defensas?

Las defensas comunes a los cargos de Colorado de proxenetismo de un menor pueden incluir (pero no se limitan a):

El menor no era una prostituta,
No sabía que el menor era una prostituta,
No hice la presentación,
No amenacé ni intimidé al menor, o
La policía se involucró en una mala conducta, como provocación.

NO es una defensa que usted no sabía que el menor tenía menos de 18 años, incluso si parecía mayor y mintió sobre su edad.⁴

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Referencias Legales

CRS 18-7-403. Citado en Pettigrew v. People (Colo. 2022) 501 P.3d 813; People v. Madden (Colo. 2005) 111 P.3d 452.
CRS 18-7-405.
Ver nota 1.
Ver People v. Maloy (Corte de Apelaciones de Colorado, División Cinco, 2020) 465 P.3d 146.

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