Ernest Wallace, a friend of former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, was acquitted of murder Thursday in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd.
But Wallace was found guilty of being an accessory after the murder, a spokesman for Bristol District Attorney Thomas Quinn told The Boston Globe, and could face a maximum term of seven years in prison. Hernandez was convicted of Lloyd's murder on April 15, 2015, and sentenced to life in prison.
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Hernandez is also facing a double murder indictment in a separate case.