Commonwealth v. Fritz

On October 24, 1996, a jury convicted the defendant, Shawn T. Fritz, of murder in the first degree of Albert Tyler Titcomb, III, on the theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty, and of unlawful possession of a firearm. The defendant’s appeal from his convictions was consolidated with his appeals from the denial of his first two motions for a new trial. He raises a plethora of appellate issues and also asks that we exercise our power under G. L. c. 278, § 33E, to grant him a new trial or to reduce the verdict. We affirm his convictions and the orders denying his…