NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors are set to begin deliberations Wednesday in the trial of two police officers accused of raping a drunken woman after they were called to escort her home.
In closing arguments Tuesday, prosecutor Coleen Balbert said police officer Kenneth Moreno may not have believed that sex with the woman was rape, but it was because she was physically helpless. "It was a crime of opportunity," Balbert said.
Moreno denies having sex with the woman.
The two officers on trial were called to help the 27-year-old woman out of a cab and into her Manhattan apartment on Dec. 7, 2008.
They helped her into her apartment building — and then returned three more times. …
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