People v. Reyes

Defendant was a correction officer at the Rose M. Singer Center on Rikers Island. He was charged with, among other things, first- and third-degree rape and first- and second-degree falsifying business records, stemming from his alleged rape of an inmate in August 2003.

At the time of the alleged rape, defendant’s assignment was *538to remain in a glass-enclosed control room overlooking two housing units. The falsifying business records counts were based on defendant’s false logbook entry that at the time in question he was helping to escort inmates to the mess hall. The People’s theory was that…