Commonwealth v. Hanger

After a trial by jury in the Superior

Court, the defendant, Harry Hanger, was found guilty of assault with intent to rape, assault with intent to rob, kidnapping, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and simple assault. Sentenced to the Massachusetts Correctional Institution at Walpole, for a term of from twenty to thirty years, 1 the defendant appealed pursuant to G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. Following the Appeals Court’s affirmance of his convictions, 2 this court granted the defendant’s application for further appellate review in order to consider whether the trial judge’s allowance of…