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LINCOLN — The Nebraska Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of an Omaha man serving a life term for the 2014 shooting of a teenager at Gallagher Park.

Adrian Lester was 19 when he fired five shots from a 9 mm handgun point-blank at Tielor Williams, 18, who was seated in a parked car. Williams died of multiple gunshots to the head. Moments before, Williams refused Lester’s order to hand over money.

Lester, who is black, argued that the trial court improperly allowed the prosecution to remove one of only two black members from the jury panel. He also sought to have his first-degree murder conviction overturned because witnesses gave differing accounts about the identity of the gunman.

In an opinion released Friday, the Supreme Court upheld the conviction and sentence.

“After carefully reviewing the record, we find there was sufficient evidence to support Lester’s convictions,” said Judge Stephanie Stacy, who wrote the opinion. “We acknowledge that there were some inconsistencies in witness testimony; however, an appellate court does not resolve conflicts in the evidence or pass on the credibility of witnesses.”