Commonwealth v. Wheeler

The defendant appeals under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, from convictions for offenses under G. L. c. 265, §§ 17,18A, and 22, arising from a single episode on October 2, 1973, in which an apartment in Dorchester was entered by a young man, armed with a knife and with a nylon stocking over his head and face, who raped and robbed the sole occupant, a 55 year old nurse. On October 4, looking from her window, the victim saw a man whom she identified (to her niece, who was then with her) as her assailant, but by the time the police arrived he was gone. On October 10 she saw the same man. This time…