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Nov. 4, 2008

The Lawyer Tamer

When emotions run high, Judge Jeffrey F. Fraser has a knack for keeping things under control.

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The Lawyer Tamer
San Diego Superior Court
By Pat Alston
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN DIEGO - The experts call it 'roid rage.

The defendant, an AIDS survivor, was suffering from the adverse effects of prescription steroids when he stabbed to death his gay lover, according to his lawyer.

The defense raised other factors, including self-defense, during the three-week trial in the courtroom of Superior Court Judge Jeffrey F. Fraser.

The jury convicted the defendant of ... (continued)

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