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State v. Fraire

Docket: 121378

Opinion Date: February 19, 2021

Judge: Eric S. Rosen

Areas of Law: Criminal Law

The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's convictions of premeditated first-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon but vacated the imposition of lifetime postrelease supervision as part of Defendant's sentence, holding that this portion of the sentence was erroneous. A jury convicted Defendant of both premeditated first-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon. The trial court sentenced him to a hard fifty life sentence for the murder and lifetime postrelease supervision for that charge. The Supreme Court affirmed in part and vacated in part, holding (1) the trial court did not err in denying Defendant's motion for mistrial; (2) the prosecutor's comments during opening statement did not constitute error; (3) the verdict from presented no error of law; and (4) the sentencing court had no authority to order a term of postrelease supervision.