SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - The state Supreme Court has upheld the first-degree murder convictions of a man in the 2010 killings of a New Mexico couple and their business partner from California.
A Las Cruces jury in May 2013 found Eugene “Gino” Ferri guilty of three counts of first degree murder.
He was sentenced to consecutive 30-year sentences for each murder.
Ferri appealed and the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled Monday to uphold the convictions.
Prosecutors say Ferri fatally shot 69-year-old Gilles Delisle, 72-year-old Helga Harries Delisle and 68-year-old Peter J. Weith of San Diego.
Ferri had worked for the Delisles as a contractor. The couple and Weith had sued Ferri for $1.3 milion.
Prosecutors say the victims’ bodies were discovered at the Delisles’ home in Mesillas after they missed a court hearing.
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