State of Connecticut v. Kenyal Vickers

Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault in the fourth degree and attempted robbery.

The defendant, Kenyal Vickers, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-73a (a) (2), two counts of breach of the peace in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-181 (a) (2), and failure to appear in the first degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-172 (a) (1). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court (1) improperly denied his motion for severance of the charges as to two separate victims, and (2) committed plain error in failing to instruct the jury, sua sponte, on the proper use of the evidence following the denial of his motion for severance. We are not persuaded and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the trial court.



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The jury reasonably could have found the following facts. On May 3, 2018, at approximately 9:40 p.m., the first victim, D, and her wife, J, were shopping at the Walmart store in Danbury.[1] D was browsing in the shoe

department when the defendant approached her. The defendant bumped into D, apologized to her, and continued down the aisle. Shortly thereafter, he again approached D and asked her where the children's shoes were located. After D answered, the defendant left again but returned a third time. He then pinned her against a shoe rack with one hand while using his other hand to attempt to take her purse. After D dropped her purse, the defendant lifted her dress, pulled down the shorts she was wearing underneath, and touched her buttocks, vaginal area, and breast.



State v. Vickers, AC 46030 (Conn. App. Oct 29, 2024)

Affirmed