State v. Mayo

Citations

• 199 Conn. App. 166

Syllabus

Convicted of the crime of breach of the peace in the second degree in connection with an encounter with S, the mayor of New Britain, the defendant appealed to this court, claiming that the evidence was insuffi- cient to support his conviction. S had been hosting an event for children in a public park when the defendant arrived on a bicycle that had a political campaign sign affixed to it and began passing out business cards to children. When an aide to S asked the defendant to leave because his presence was inappropriate and a safety issue for the children, the defendant screamed profanities. Thereafter, when S approached the defendant and asked him to stop yelling profanities, he grabbed her wrist, threw her arm down abruptly and shouted profanities at her. Held that the evidence was sufficient to support the defendant's conviction of breach of the peace in the second degree in violation of statute (§ 53a- 181 (a) (1)), as his conduct and use of profanities occurred in a public place and constituted fighting, or violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior; the evidence was sufficient for the jury to determine that the defendant acted with the requisite intent required by § 53a-181 (a) (1), and the jury was free to consider that the defendant intended the harm to S as a natural result of his physical actions toward her. Argued March 16—officially released July 21, 2020