Thomas Foster, 42, burned a van that was used in a 2021 homicide at the request of killer Robert Simms, 35. Police found the vehicle in a field in Lowell.
Nakeyia Anderson, 43, had been out celebrating her birthday with her husband earlier in the night. They got into an argument on the drive home, charges state.
Judge Samuel Cappas wrote that the evidence presented by attorneys for Derron Fuller, 28, in an attempt to set aside his conviction was not legitimate.
Attorneys for Drew Carter III, 46, said the prosecution failed to give them enough time to go through thousands of phone records ahead of Carter s Dec. 4 trial.