The Supreme Judicial Court today upheld the first-degree murder conviction of Cristian Rodriguez for using a baseball bat to kill his roommate in their room on Tremont Street in Roxbury in 2012. Read more.
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Roosevelt Harris
By adamg - 12/17/14 - 2:48 pm
A Suffolk Superior Court jury today convicted Cristian Rodriguez, 38, of first-degree murder for the death of Roosevelt Harris in the Tremont Street home they shared, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
The jury rejected Rodriguez's argument that he was too mentally ill to know what he was doing when he used a metal baseball bat to smash Harris in the head until he died, the DA's office reports. The verdict means life in prison without possibility of parole.
By adamg - 4/30/12 - 9:58 am
Christian Rodriguez, 35, is scheduled for arraignment in Roxbury District Court on charges he used a baseball bat to fatally bludgeon neighbor Roosevelt Harris in their Tremont Street building on Feb. 10, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Boston Police responded to 1049 Tremont St. around 9:30 p.m. to find Harris with "blunt force trauma injuries." He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Rodriguez was already in custody, for an unrelated offense in Bedford, the DA's office says.
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