Former Albany High School student Nahjaliek McCall has been found guilty in the murder of 15-year-old Shahied Oliver.
The 16-year-old now faces a minimum sentence of 7 and a half years to life in prison. At maximum McCall could face15 years to life.
A jury found McCall guilty of killing fellow Albany High student Oliver at a late night birthday party at the Skyline Gardens apartments in Arbor Hill last August.
Prosecutor's had maintained that the murder was payback for a time when Oliver and his brothers attacked McCall.
Jury deliberations started around 10:30 this morning in the case.
McCall will be sentenced sometime in July.