People v. Vargas

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and a new trial ordered.

Complainant, a 33-year-old woman, claimed that on February 22, 1992 she entered an elevator in her Queens apartment building, followed by defendant, who pinned her in the corner, threatened to kill her, blindfolded her and dragged her to the roof landing where he raped and sodomized her. She stated that after the attack, and in an effort to trap defendant and deliver him to the police, she exchanged phone numbers with him and arranged a meeting for the following day, at which time she…