Commonwealth v. Brown

Tried to a District Court jury, each of the defendants was convicted of four charges2 based on possession of guns and ammunition. The defendants appeal from the ensuing judgments. We reverse.

*2541. The evidence. At about 11 p.m. on March 13, 1996, Brock-ton police received three 911 telephone calls from individuals who reported hearing gunshots in their neighborhood. The first caller reported hearing arguing and shooting outside her home. The second caller reported hearing five or six shots fired, going to a window, and seeing three black men wearing “hoodies” running through a parking lot across…