COM. v. WILLIAMS


899 A.2d 1060 (2006)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Rasheed La-Qun WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 19, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Aycock Hoffman, Esq., for Rasheed La-Qun Williams.

John Packel, Esq., Ellen T. Greenlee, Esq., Peter Rosalsky, Esq., Philadelphia, for amicus curiae Defender Association of Philadelphia.

Edward Michael Marsico, Esq., James Patrick Barker, Esq., Diana Woodside, Esq., Harrisburg, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR and EAKIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

On December 20, 1995, appellant entered the apartment of the victim, a friend of his girlfriend. Appellant strapped the victim to the bed, twice raped her, and forced his penis into her mouth. Appellant raped the victim a third time and placed her in a bathtub of cold water. He tied her to the bed again while he wiped his fingerprints from various areas of the apartment. Appellant...

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