17-04-2025
Court reinstates first-degree murder conviction in 2018 Springfield shooting
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The state's highest court has reinstated a first-degree murder conviction in a 2018 Springfield shooting.
Luis Gomez was sentenced to life in prison for the deadly shooting of Jesus Flores at a nightclub on Waltham Avenue in Springfield. After he was convicted, the trial judge reduced the verdict to second-degree murder based on a lack of evidence of premeditation.
Gomez appealed, but the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts disagreed and reinstated Gomez's first-degree murder conviction, calling the judge's decision to reduce the verdict 'an abuse of discretion.'
Gomez will be resentenced in Hampden Superior Court at a later date.
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