Commonwealth v. Royce

The defendants were convicted of conspiracy to assault and to rob employees of Brink’s, Inc. Their appeals raise a common claim of prosecutorial misconduct and other discrete issues.

1. Royce’s motions for a required finding of not guilty. At the close of the Commonwealth’s evidence and again at the close of all of the evidence, Royce’s motions for a required finding of not guilty were denied. On appeal, Royce argues that it was error to deny the motion presented at the close of the Commonwealth’s case; he does not argue that the Commonwealth’s case deteriorated from that time to the close of…