Commonwealth v. Whitney

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

McDERMOTT, Justice.

The appellant, Raymond Whitney, was convicted by a jury of two counts of burglary 1 two counts of robbery2, two counts of possession of an instrument of crime — generally3, terroristic threats4, indecent assault5, attempted rape6, and murder in the first degree7. These crimes were committed during an episode in which appellant invaded two adjoining homes. He robbed the occupant of the first home at knife point. He attempted to rape the female occupant of the second; he murdered the male occupant by the infliction of twenty-eight…