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New Mexico AG Appeals Sentencing Of Man Accused Of Killing 5

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico Attorney General's Office is appealing the sentencing of a man who pleaded guilty to killing his parents and three siblings in 2013. Attorney General Hector Balderas filed a brief Thursday with the state Court of Appeals. He's asking appeals judges to consider Nehemiah Griego's premeditation of the murders, his mental health issues and his violent tendencies as justification for sending the case back to Children's Court for more hearings on amenability. Griego was 15 when he opened fire at his family's home. He's now 19. In March, a Children's Court judge sentenced Greigo as a juvenile instead of an adult and ruled he'll remain in state custody until he's 21. Treating Griego as an adult would've given him the possibility of up to 120 years in prison.