Frymire, 21, of Fairfield, was accused of being involved in the botched armed robbery that left 19-year-old Julian Slaven dead from a gunshot wound. She was found not guilty of murder by a jury following a four-day trial, but she was convicted of aggravated robbery and burglary.
Appeals court Judge Robert P. Ringland ruled Wednesday that Judge Patricia Oney improperly instructed the jury that knowledge of the weapon was not required.
Her attorney, Melynda Cook, argued after the trial that her client was “out of the loop” in the plot to rob Slaven of marijuana and money. Frymire did, however, drive the other four defendants — Misty Williams, Joseph Goodin, Jerry Eacholes and Anthony Givens — to Slaven’s residence.
The other four defendants all received murder convictions.
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