State v. Upshaw

The defendant, Curtis Upshaw, Jr., has appealed from the judgment of the trial court rendered in accordance with a jury verdict finding him guilty of one count of attempted sexual assault in the first degree in violation of General Statutes §§ 53a-49, 53a-70.1 The defendant claims that the court erred (1) in denying his motion for judgment of acquittal after the state had rested its case on the ground that the state had failed to present evidence demonstrating that the defendant had the requisite specific intent to commit sexual assault in the first degree, and (2) in denying his motion to…