Commonwealth v. Sanders

The defendant has appealed from convictions on indictments charging rape (G. L. c. 265, § 22), entering a dwelling house while armed with a dangerous weapon and therein assaulting another with intent to commit a felony (G. L. c. 265, § 18A), assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon (G. L. c. 265, § 15A), and while armed with a dangerous weapon breaking and entering a dwelling house in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony and making an actual assault on a person lawfully therein (G. L. c. 266, § 14).1 We briefly summarize the evidence before the jury.

*331On August 30,1978, the…