NYPD rape case still in jurors' hands

NEW YORK - Jurors have ended their first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the rape trial of two New York City police officers.

The jury was expected to start a second day of deliberations today.

Officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata were called to help a drunken woman get home from a taxi in December 2008.

Moreno is accused of raping her while she was physically helpless after passing out. Prosecutors said that Mata stood watch.

Moreno said that the woman made sexual advances and that they cuddled in her bed but didn't have sex.

In closing arguments Tuesday, prosecutor Coleen Balbert said that Moreno may not have believed that sex with the woman was rape but that it was because she was physically helpless. "It was a crime of opportunity."

Jurors yesterday requested a transcript of a taped conversation between the woman and Moreno in which he denied having sex but also said he had worn a condom.

- Associated Press