Commonwealth v. Chapman

The defendant appeals (G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G) from his convictions following a jury trial on three indictments, two charging rape (G. L. c. 265, § 22) and one charging robbery (G. L. c. 265, § 19). He argues numerous assignments of error, only two of which we need address. The jury could have found the following facts.

On August 12, 1977, at about 5:15 p.m. the defendant approached the victim, an eighteen year old woman, as she stood in a bar. She recognized the defendant, whom she had met briefly about three weeks earlier. She declined his offer to smoke a marihuana cigarette with him. The…