A witness testified he and victim Arlandus Jackson were delivering a car motor to George D. James in late 2022 when James retrieved a rifle and shot Jackson.
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.
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.