Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Fryar
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 7, 1993PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
The defendant, Charles Fryar, Jr., a young black man, was indicted for the murder in the first degree of Eric Palmer, a white college student, as well as for assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon on four of Palmer’s white companions. The offenses allegedly occurred in Springfield in April, 1989. On April 3, 1990, after trial by jury, Fryar was convicted of murder in the first degree and on two indictments charging assault and battery. The mandatory sentence of life imprisonment was imposed on the murder conviction; on the assault and battery convictions the trial judge sentenced…
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