State of Connecticut v. Darryl W.

Summary

The court affirmed the defendant's convictions for attempted aggravated sexual assault, third-degree sexual assault, kidnapping with a firearm, and violation of probation. It held that the defendant waived his challenge to the jury instructions concerning operability and could not obtain review under the applicable exceptional review doctrines; his separate inoperability claim did not constitute plain error. The court also concluded that the prosecutor's closing argument, including a statement about the defendant's likely intent to complete the assault, was a permissible inference from the evidence rather than prosecutorial misconduct.