Commonwealth v. Williams

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 returned to the bedroom and raped the victim a fourth time.

Appellant then placed his gun to the victim’s head and pulled the trigger several times; mercifully, the gun would not fire.…