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Defense Attorney William Sullivan said he knew a mental illness defense for Nathaniel Fujita would be difficult for jurors to grasp.
Jurors have spent about six hours so far deliberating a verdict iin the trial of a Wayland man accused of killing 18-year-old Lauren Astley.
The jury deliberated for about six hours today without reaching a verdict.
A jury of 12 men and women deliberated for a little more than seven hours before reaching a guilty verdict.
Wayland man Nathaniel Fujita has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Lauren Astley, also of Wayland, in 2011.
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A first-degree murder conviction could be handed down in the Wayland murder case, says Northeastern University criminologist.
Wayland man Nathaniel Fujita is facing first-degree murder charges arising from the death of Lauren Astley, also of Wayland, in 2011.
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Courtroom 530 at Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn has been the setting of Nathaniel Fujita's murder trial for the past three weeks.
Numerous legal experts have weighed in on various aspects of the trial of Nathaniel Fujita, the now 20-year-old man accused of killing his 18-year-old former girlfriend, Lauren Astley, in 2011.
The defense team for Nathaniel Fujita will continue to present its case today in an effort to show that Fujita was insane at the time he killed 18-year-old Lauren Astley.
Nathaniel Fujita sobbed at the defendant's table as the mother of Lauren Astley, the woman he is accused of killing, testified in court Thursday.
Witnesses Wednesday said Lauren Astley's DNA was found on multiple items connected with Nathaniel Fujita, and that she died with multiple wounds and a badly beaten body.
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Tuesday was a technically detailed day of testimony in the murder trial of Nathaniel Fujita, the Wayland man accused of killing Lauren Astley in 2011.
The third week of Nathaniel Fujita's murder trial began Monday with friends of Fujita and Lauren Astley, the girl he is accused of killing, on the stand.
The trial of Nathaniel Fujita begins its third week today with a friend of Lauren Astley's returning to the stand.
Nathaniel Fujita's cousin said on the the stand Friday that she confronted him about calling her to "hang out" the night prosecutors say he killed 18-year-old Lauren Astley.
Jurors learned Thursday that Nathaniel Fujita was cooperative when officers arrived to arrest him for the murder of Lauren Astley.
The trial of Nathaniel Fujita continued Tuesday with testimony from police officers and friends of Fujita and Lauren Astley.
State Trooper David Twomey was on the stand when court adjourned in the first-degree murder trial of Nathaniel Fujita on Tuesday.