Commonwealth v. Brown

Christopher Brown and Robert Donati were convicted on three indictments charging armed robbery. Donati was also convicted of operating a motor vehicle after his license had been suspended and before it was restored. Anthony M. Zirpolo was convicted on three indictments charging, respectively, receiving stolen property, being an accessory before the fact to armed robbery in three counts, and being accessory after the fact to armed robbery in three counts. The three defendants were tried together under G. L. c. 278, §§ 33A-33G. All have appealed. They argue a total of fifty-six assignments of…