State v. Tafoya

OPINION

GARCIA, Judge.

The convictions in this case arose out of a series of violent incidents in Albuquerque’s Northeast Heights area in the fall of 1984. The jury found that defendant broke into the homes of six young girls and one adult woman in the middle of the night, woke them and committed sexual offenses on them. Victims two, five and seven identified defendant at a line-up. Defendant’s fingerprints were found at the crime scenes of all victims but victim four. Serology evidence consistent with defendant’s characteristics was present in the cases of victims one and four. Defendant’s…