Commonwealth v. Keaton

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

Between June and December of 1992, Appellant, Alexander Keaton, perpetrated a series of brutal sexual assaults on women in his neighborhood who were fellow crack cocaine addicts. In one of those assaults, Keaton caused the strangulation death of his victim, Sherrill Ann Hall. As a consequence of this killing, a jury found Keaton guilty of first degree murder. A sentence of death was imposed and this direct appeal followed. We affirm.

The trial evidence, viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth as verdict winner, reveals that on the night of June 1,1992,…