4:32 p.m. update <\/p>\n
A Washington County jury took about 30 minutes Tuesday afternoon to find Cesar Michael Figueroa, 24, of Springdale, guilty of raping a young woman Sept. 2, 2012, in a parking lot at the edge of the University of Arkansas campus. <\/p>\n
12:09 p.m. update <\/p>\n
The defense has now rested in the rape trial of Ceasar Michael Figueroa. <\/p>\n
Figueroa, 24, is charged with two counts of rape in connection with the Sept. 2, 2012 assault of a woman in a parking lot on the edge of the University of Arkansas campus. Prosecutors say DNA ties Figueroa to the incident. <\/p>\n
The jury is expected to hear closing arguments in the case this afternoon. <\/p>\n
Original story <\/p>\n
FAYETTEVILLE -- Prosecutors say Cesar Michael Figueroa, 24, left a bit of DNA on the shirt worn by a rape victim, tying him to the 2012 assault on the northeast edge of the University of Arkansas campus. <\/p>\n
\"Ladies and gentlemen, this is not a crime scene drama, it's real life in Fayetteville, Arkansas,\" Amy Driver, a Washington County deputy prosecuting attorney told jurors Monday. <\/p>\n
The 23-year-old victim testified Monday she was walking home from Dickson Street about midnight Sept. 2, 2012. She'd been to a Razorback football game that afternoon, then went out with friends for awhile. She called her roommate as she started the five minute walk home. <\/p>\n
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