Commonwealth v. Ormonde

David Ormonde was convicted by a jury of attempted murder (G. L. c. 265, § 161), assault with intent to commit *232rape (G. L. c. 265, § 24), kidnapping (G. L. c. 265, § 26), and three other crimes.2

His principal points on appeal concern (1) sufficiency of the evidence of assault with intent to rape and attempted murder; (2) improper closing argument by the prosecutor; and (3) errors in the jury instructions. We affirm.

1. Sufficiency of the evidence. There was evidence which, if taken in the light most favorable to the prosecution, Com-monwealth v. Latimore, 378 Mass. 671, 676-677 (1979),…