Commonwealth v. Billups

The defendant appeals convictions of assault with intent to commit rape, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, attempted murder, assault with intent to murder, and armed burglary. There was evidence that he broke into an apartment through the back door when the head of the household, a woman by the name of Vivenzio with whom the defendant had previously had an affair, was away; that Vivenzio’s child had been left in the care of a fifteen year old girl (the victim); that when Vivenzio returned to the apartment, she found the victim huddled on a bedroom floor covered with blood; that the…