KANTROWITZ, J.
In this tragic case, we hold that "whoever," as used in G. L. c. 138, § 34 (furnishing alcohol to a person under twenty-one), means precisely that. As such, the defendant, a young college student with no criminal record, will serve a jail sentence, the sadness of which is overshadowed by the death of a sixteen year old child struck by another to whom the defendant furnished alcohol.
Background. The defendant pleaded guilty to one...
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