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Jurors in a rape and battery trial for a former corrections officer were unable to reach a verdict after deliberating for hours on Tuesday.

Prosecutors in the case alleged Enock Arvizo, then a Metropolitan Detention Center transport officer, raped a female inmate beside a courthouse holding cell in March 2015.

The trial before state District Judge Briana Zamora was Arvizo’s fourth in the case. Last week, jurors found him guilty of raping an inmate in a courthouse elevator, and weeks before that, he was convicted of petty misdemeanor assault after attempting to kiss another inmate.

Jurors began their deliberations around noon Tuesday and by the end of the day, they determined they could not reach a unanimous decision.

A spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office said prosecutors intend to pursue the same three counts in the case.

Arvizo’s defense attorney Stephen Lane, in both opening and closing statements, focused on the lack of evidence to support the woman’s story. He pointed out that law enforcement learned of the assault long after courthouse surveillance footage had been purged and after a sexual assault exam might offer DNA evidence.

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“There are no witnesses, there is no evidence,” he said. “(She) can come here in court, she can get on that stand, she can look you folks in the eye and she can say whatever she wants.”

Prosecutor Tony Long urged jurors not to speculate about missing evidence, but to focus on the information presented. He said Arvizo committed the perfect crime against a woman with a criminal record who would stay quiet and comply with his demands.

“She’s in shackles and cuffs and he is the one with the keys,” he said. “That’s why this is the perfect crime. Because, of course, he wants you not to believe her, she’s a felon.”