Man sentenced for 2018 murder of girlfriend in Fresno County

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A antheral learned his lengthy condemnation connected Wednesday for sidesplitting his woman successful 2018 successful Fresno County.

Jurors recovered the 35-year-old Terrence Boston of second-degree execution earlier this year

The justice said Terrence Boston's transgression was, quote, "senseless."

While helium ordered Boston to walk much than 50 years successful prison, the justice said helium takes immoderate comfortableness successful knowing some families are connected the travel toward healing.

It was a uncommon and affectional infinitesimal successful tribunal connected Thursday arsenic the parent of a convicted murderer addressed the judge.

"On the behalf of my lad and my family, I'd conscionable similar to apologize to the household and inquire God to heal the family," said Cora Tucker, Boston's mother.

Back successful January, a assemblage said Boston was liable for sidesplitting Brittney Taylor successful May of 2018.

"There is, arsenic Mr. Taylor stated, nary bully crushed wherefore Brittney was killed. In fact, it was senseless," said the judge.

The transgression happened adjacent the intersection of Olive and Cornelia Avenues successful Fresno County.

Taylor's car had crashed into a histrion arsenic investigators said she was trying to velocity distant aft being "struck by aggregate bullets."

A time later, Fresno County Sheriff's Deputies arrested Boston. He was dating Taylor.

At trial, Boston's nationalist defender ne'er disputed that Taylor died astatine the hands of her boyfriend.

Instead, Boston's defence was that helium acted retired of passionateness successful the vigor of the infinitesimal aft Taylor provoked him.

"I callback the circumstances of the killing, of the murder, rather vividly," the justice said.

Brenda Lee, Taylor's mother, spoke astir her girl connected Thursday. The emotion is inactive raw.

"Brittney was my lone daughter. So, I'm inactive trying to heal. And I cognize that God is going to bash everything for the champion for my daughter. I conscionable privation her not to dice successful vain," said Lee.

Moments aft that almighty unfortunate interaction statement, Boston learned his situation sentence.

"For second-degree murder, 15 years times 2 for a full of 30 years to life," the justice said.

The justice past sentenced Terrence Boston to an further 25 years to beingness for utilizing a weapon and different 5 years for a erstwhile conviction.

In all, helium faces good implicit 50 years to beingness successful prison.

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