COMMONWEALTH v. LAWRENCE


404 Mass. 378 (1989)

536 N.E.2d 571

COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANK LAWRENCE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

March 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Reddington for the defendant.

Stephanie Martin Glennon, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

On December 16, 1986, a jury convicted the defendant, Frank Lawrence, of murder in the first degree of a sixteen year old girl (victim). The defendant was also convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of the twenty-seven week old male fetus that the victim was carrying. He was sentenced to the mandatory life sentence on the murder conviction and to a term of from eight to ten years on the involuntary manslaughter conviction to be served from and after the...

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