Conley said. Judge Robert N. Boston, Dec. Conley said today. Judge David T. Assistant District Attorney Nicholas Walsh recommended a sentence of three to five years in state prison. Ball sentenced Picardi to two to three years. Sentencing will take place in January. A jury deliberated for half a day before finding Cruzado guilty of first-degree murder, which carries an automatic life sentence. Rivera was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, and possession of a class B substance.
Guevara faced a single count of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for allegedly wielding a tire jack during the attack. The charge follows four prior drug distribution convictions, including one in Suffolk Superior Court for which he was sentenced to five years in state prison but was released because the chemist who tested the drugs is now under investigation. On Nov. Assistant District Attorney Alissa Goldhaber recommended that he serve eight to 10 years in state prison, followed by 10 years of probation upon his release.
Associate Justice Joseph A. Grasso, Jr. Grasso focused his remarks primarily on matters of search and seizure, the subject of his book, Suppression Matters under Massachusetts Law.
Conley was selected to co-chair the sixth annual Massachusetts White Ribbon Day Campaign, which remembers the massacre of 14 women on a Montreal college campus. The campaign was created to urge men to make a pledge not to commit, condone, or remain silent on violence against women. Donnelly also ordered both men to wear GPS monitoring devices and stay away from the victims, witnesses, and co-defendants in the case if they post bail. Conley announced.
A judge ruled that the evidence was not sufficient to support an additional charge of trespassing. Jurors also convicted him of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and firearms offenses for the non-fatal shooting of a second victim who survived his injuries.
