Mistrial stalls farmhand's rape case DENVER - A mistrial was de- years in prison - and third-degree clared Monday in the rape trial of assault. Reds minor-league pitcher Marcus A decision will be made on July Moore when a Denver County 10 whether to retry Moore, dismiss Court jury found itself deadlocked the charges or reach a plea bargain. and unable to reach a verdict. Moore has already turned down Moore, who has split the year be- one plea-bargain offer that would tween Class AAA Indianapolis and have called for an undisclosed Class AA Chattanooga, was arrested amount of jail time. on July 18, 1994 in Colorado Moore, 24, was acquired from Springs after his girlfriend claimed the Colorado Rockies on April 10 he raped her twice and repeatedly for minor infielder Chris beat her with a belt during a do- Sexton. He appeared in 56 games mestic dispute. He was charged for the Rockies in 1993 and '94 and with first-degree sexual assault - a was 4-2 with a 6.45 ERA. Class 3 felony punishable by 4-16 - Jeff Horrigan
