Commonwealth v. Brown

This case is here on the defendant’s exceptions to the denial of his motion for a directed verdict with respect to so much of an indictment as charged unarmed robbery, to portions of the court’s charge, and to the court’s failure to give his requested instructions. The facts of the case were as follows: The defendant and another youth approached the victim from behind while she was walking on the street. The victim was holding a small purse in her left hand, and one of the youths snatched the purse out of her hand, touching neither her hand nor her body. The two youths fled. The victim…