Commonwealth v. Mahar

About 5:15 p.m. on November 16, 1983, a woman (victim A) was attacked and raped on Westford Street in Lowell. At about the same time the following evening, a second woman (victim B) was attacked in approximately the same location. The defendant was accused in various indictments of both assaults. Following a single trial of all the indictments before a jury in the Superior Court, the defendant was convicted of rape (unaggravated) of victim A and of the assault with intent to rape and assault by means of a dangerous weapon of victim B. Consecutive terms of imprisonment were imposed.…