Myron Jim Harry, Rape, New Mexico 2010

A federal jury sitting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has returned a guilty verdict against Myron Jim Harry, 26, on a charge of rape.

Harry, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation who resides in Hogback, New Mexico, was arrested in May 2010, based on a criminal complaint alleging that he sexually abused a Navajo woman in Shiprock, New Mexico, on May 6, 2010.

According to the complaint, Harry committed the offense while the victim could not communicate her unwillingness to participate in the sexual act.

The evidence at trial established that, on the night of May 5, 2010, Harry and several others drank alcoholic beverages during the victim’s birthday party in a Shiprock apartment.

The victim fell asleep next to another woman in a bedroom in the apartment. Early the next morning, Harry made his way through the bedroom’s locked door to get to the victim and she awoke to find Harry raping her.

The other woman, who was awoken by the bed moving and the moaning of a male voice, observed that Harry was having sexual intercourse with the victim while the victim was asleep.

Harrison subsequently was indicted on that same charge.

The jury deliberated approximately five hours before returning a guilty verdict against Harry.

Harrison was remanded into federal custody when the jury returned its verdict and will remain detained pending his sentencing hearing, which has yet to be scheduled.

At sentencing, Harry faces a maximum penalty of life in prison.

Harry also will be required to register as a sex offender when he completes his prison sentence.

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