Commonwealth v. Brown

1. There was evidence of the following circumstances. Brown was arrested on October 20, 1979, after a high speed chase of a yellow station wagon operated by him. That vehicle came out of a one-way street the wrong way about 3:30 a.m., and almost hit a police cruiser. At Boston’s District 2 police station, Brown and his passenger, Charles Stiles, were informed of their Miranda rights at least twice. A police officer there reported aloud in Brown’s presence a telephone report that the yellow station wagon had been “taken on a robbery ... on the 14th of October.” Shortly thereafter Brown began…