Bean v. State

*82OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, J.:

Thomas Bean, age 18, was convicted of the murder of Sonja McCaskie and sentenced to death. He had not known the victim. *83During a customarily sleepless night he was prowling a neighborhood looking for women’s clothing on clothes lines which was his characteristic for sexual gratification. He had rape in mind if the opportunity presented itself. Finding a door to Sonja’s apartment unlocked he removed his shoes, entered, took several precautions against detection and did several other things preparatory to committing the act of rape upon Sonja whom he observed…