Soura

William G. Soura, II, appeals from a single justice’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to G. L. c. 248, § 1. Because Soura is not entitled to relief under this statute, we affirm the order of the single justice.

In 1993, Soura was tried by a jury on four identically worded indictments charging him with four separate instances of nonforcible rape of a child in violation of G. L. c. 265, § 23. The jury convicted him on two of the indictments and acquitted him on the other two.1 Soura appealed from the judgments against him, as well as from the trial judge’s denial of…