State v. Gerald J.

Full title: STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. GERALD J.[*]

Court: Court of Appeals of Connecticut

Date published: Apr 5, 2022

AC 44324 (Conn. App. Ct. Apr. 5, 2022)

Opinion

AC 44324

04-05-2022

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. GERALD J.[*]

Matthew D. Dyer, with whom were Kristen Mostowy, and Sydney Mazur, certified legal intern, for the appellant (defendant). James M. Ralls, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Sharmese Walcott, state's attorney, and Edward Naurus, former assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

PER CURIAM

Argued January 4, 2022

Procedural History

Substitute information charging the defendant with the crimes of sexual assault in the first degree and risk of injury to a child, brought to the Superior Court in the judicial district of Hartford and tried to the jury before Dewey, J.; thereafter, the court, Dewey, J., denied the defendant's motion to suppress certain evidence; verdict and judgment of guilty, from which the defendant appealed to this court. Appeal dismissed.

Matthew D. Dyer, with whom were Kristen Mostowy, and Sydney Mazur, certified legal intern, for the appellant (defendant).

James M. Ralls, assistant state's attorney, with whom, on the brief, were Sharmese Walcott, state's attorney, and Edward Naurus, former assistant state's attorney, for the appellee (state).

Prescott, Suarez and Palmer, Js.

OPINION

PER CURIAM

The defendant, Gerald J., appeals from his conviction of sexual assault in the first degree and risk of injury to a child involving a relative. After this case was argued, however, defense counsel notified this court that the defendant died on or about March 3, 2022. Because defense counsel did not request any specific disposition of this appeal as a result of the defendant's death, we dismiss the appeal as moot, consistent with the past precedent of our Supreme Court. See State v. Graham, 337 Conn. 857, 858, 256 A.3d 151 (2021), and cases cited therein.

The appeal is dismissed.

[*] In accordance with our policy of protecting the privacy interests of the victims of sexual assault and the crime of risk of injury to a child, we decline to identify the victim or others through whom the victim's identity may be ascertained. See General Statutes § 54-86e.