Commonwealth v. Teixeira

During the night of August 1, 1990, a masked intruder broke into a home in Acushnet and raped the victim, who lived there with her two small children. Through fingerprint comparison, blood serology analysis, and DNA1 matching, the prosecution identified the defendant John T. *237Teixeira as the assailant. A jury found Teixeira guilty of rape, breaking and entering a dwelling in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony, assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, and assault and battery.2 Teixeira pitches his appeal primarily on the ground, not presented at trial, that the Federal…