Coakley v. State

OPINION OF THE COURT

Gerard M. Weisberg, J.

On the night of October 13, 1983, a man broke into a room at the Bronx Park Motel and robbed Olga Delgado and Gabriel Vargas at gunpoint. He locked Mr. Vargas in the bathroom and then raped Ms. Delgado. After the rape, the man demanded more money. Ms. Delgado offered to take him to her house in her car, where she assured him, more money would be found. The perpetrator drove the victim to her home. There, he noticed her brother-in-law, Jose Rios, standing in the doorway and fled.

Subsequently, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Rios and Ms. Delgado positively identified…