ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A 21-year-old man faces 12 years in prison for the drive-by fatal shooting of an Albuquerque teenager in 2015.
Dominic Conyers’ sentencing Wednesday follows his recently pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and shooting at an occupied dwelling in the killing of 17-year-old Jaydon Chavez-Silver.
Conyers’ defense lawyer said his client was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.
A prosecutor said Conyers didn’t shoot but plotted to kill a man who lived at a home which Chavez-Silver was visiting.
One co-defendant is scheduled to face trial in September on a charge of first-degree murder. Another co-defendant was sentenced as a juvenile to one year in custody after pleading guilty to shooting at an occupied dwelling resulting in great bodily harm and conspiracy.
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