OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Supreme Court had upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a former Omaha gang member.

The high court on Friday upheld the conviction last year of Marcus “Cricket” Escamilla for the 2013 shooting death of Kenneth Gunia outside of a downtown Omaha apartment. Escamilla was sentenced to life plus five years for a weapons count.

Escamilla appealed, claiming that there was a lack of evidence of premeditation to sustain his conviction for first-degree murder.

But the Nebraska Supreme in a unanimous ruling disagreed, finding no merit in Escamilla’s arguments.