An Anchorage man was convicted of rape and assault Friday, months after the crimes took place.
Ronald McIntosh, 48, was convicted by an Anchorage jury of first and second degree sexual assault and assault in the second, third and fourth degree. The trial lasted three weeks and jurors took one day to deliberate.
What's more surprising is the speed at which the trial occurred. McIntosh was charged in April 2013. Generally, it can take up to a year or more for a case to go to trial. Assistant District Attorney Jenna Gruenstein said the defense, and the prosecution to some extent, can ask for delays in the investigation. In this case, neither needed those.
"The defendant was anxious to get to trial," she said.
According to a press release from the Alaska Department of Law, McIntosh strangled the woman and struck her multiple times with his fists and studded belt in April 2013. The woman escaped from the attack by climbing out of the window of McIntosh's apartment, where a passerby on the Old Seward Highway saw the woman, shoeless and flagging down cars in the middle of the night, and stopped to assist her.
Gruenstein said part of the strength of the case was evidence of the victim's injuries, which were consistent all over her body. The bruising allowed for the prosecution to argue evidence of assault.
McIntosh's sentencing is scheduled for April 4, 2014. McIntosh faces a sentence range of approximately 46 to 106 years in prison.
McIntosh's public defender, Chong Yim, said his client plans to appeal the conviction after the sentencing.