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Family In Fed Firearms Case Eyes High Court Help

Three New Mexico family members convicted of making false statements connected to a firearms sting want the U.S. Supreme Court to review their case.

The Las Cruces Suns-New reports that defense attorneys for Rick Reese, his wife Terri Reese and their son Ryin Reese have petition that highest court in the nation after a federal appeals court denied them a new trial.

A jury convicted the three in August 2012 of making false statements on federal firearms-sales forms. They were acquitted of most of the charges that they sold weapons to Mexican drug cartels.

According to court filings, the Reese family members are hoping to avoid prison time.

Sentencing has not been scheduled.

Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News. 

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