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LINCOLN — On the third anniversary of the slaying of Curtis Bradford of Omaha, one of his killers has lost an appeal challenging her life prison term.

The Nebraska Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the conviction and sentence of Erica Jenkins for the Aug. 19, 2013, murder of the 22-year-old Bradford. Jenkins and her brother, Nikko Jenkins, shot Bradford after luring him out on the pretense of the trio committing a robbery.

The murder was one of four committed by Nikko Jenkins during a killing spree in the days following his release from prison. Nikko Jenkins, who faces the death penalty, is awaiting sentencing for those convictions.

Erica Jenkins appealed her conviction for first-degree murder and weapons charges, alleging evidence presented as trial was insufficient to prove guilt. A unanimous Supreme Court disagreed.

“We hold that there was sufficient evidence to support Jenkins’ convictions,” said the opinion written by Chief Judge Michael Heavican. “Testimony at Jenkins’ trial could have led a rational juror to find, beyond a reasonable doubt, every element of the crimes for which Jenkins was convicted.”

Douglas County District Judge Peter Bataillon sentenced Jenkins to life in prison for murder plus 80 to 100 years for weapons counts. She also is serving 40 to 60 years in prison after she was convicted of two counts of robbery in the Aug. 11, 2013, deaths of Juan Uribe-Pena and Jorge Cajiga-Ruiz.