State Courts

Trial begins of man charged with raping blind, mentally disabled woman

By Ron Sylvester

Ricardo Adkins, 28, picked up an 18-year-old woman at a bus stop near 21st and Woodlawn on April 24. The woman, who is mentally disabled and legally blind, said he raped her. Adkins said they had consensual sex.

Assistant Sedgwick County District Attorney Justin Edwards outlined the state’s case in his opening statements to the jury earlier today:

Public defender Jama Mitchell gave Adkins’ version:

The trial is expected to last the rest of the week before Judge David Kaufman.

Full post as published by What the Judge Ate for Breakfast on January 21, 2009 (boomark / email).