Commonwealth v. Perry

In this trial conducted pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, the jury could have found that on the morning of February 14,1977, the victim, a sixty-six year old woman, was returning home after a short walk to the grocery store. As she was unlocking the door to her apartment building, the defendant, posing as a heating man, demanded entrance to her apartment. He followed her up the stairs and entered the apartment with her despite her protests that there was nothing wrong with the heating system. After he came into the apartment he closed the outside door, which locked automatically. He…