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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —
Josiah Ontiveros and Tomas Rivas, who were convicted in the Young Park shooting in Las Cruces, are appealing their convictions.
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Rivas raises several claims in his appeal. He says prosecutors removed the only two Black prospective jurors during jury selection. He also argues that the evidence did not support his convictions, in part because he did not fire any shots, and that he was wrongly denied a new trial based on those arguments.
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Finally, Rivas claims the state failed to disclose potentially favorable evidence and that a detective gave false or misleading testimony.
