People v. Bryant

Opinion by

JUDGE FOX

T 1 Defendant, Joseph Ray Bryant, appeals the judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of two counts of unlawfal sexual contact by use of force. He also appeals his designation as a sexually violent predator (SVP). We affirm.

I. Background

T2 The prosecution presented evidence of the following. As seventeen-year-old AM. and her friend were about to walk into a Starbucks, Bryant attacked AM. Bryant wrapped one hand around A.M.'s neck and grabbed her vaginal area with his other hand. Bryant held A.M. for about eighteen seconds and tried to pull her…