Commonwealth v. Dubois

The defendant was tried under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G, and convicted of rape. In his appeal he has assigned as error the denial of his motion for a directed verdict and his motion to suppress evidence. We deal first with the motion for a directed verdict.

The trial commenced on November 7, 1966. There was evidence that between twelve noon and one o’clock on September 28, 1965, a man came to the door of the dwelling of Mrs. Ina B. Dwyer, an eighty-one year old widow, on Pleasant Street, Raynham. The man told Mrs. Dwyer that his car had broken down, asked where the garage was, and whether her…