ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence of Rashawd Dashon Duhart for his role in a 2020 robbery and shooting that left Andres Loera dead in northeast Albuquerque.
In a decision filed Nov. 13, the state’s highest court rejected Duhart’s claims that the trial court improperly admitted evidence, violated speedy trial requirements under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, and provided ineffective assistance of counsel.
According to court records, Loera was found fatally shot inside a parked vehicle during the early morning hours of Feb. 13, 2020. Investigators later connected Duhart and several co-defendants to a plan to rob Loera during a marijuana transaction…