A Rockland County man convicted of murder nearly 50 years ago was denied an appeal for the ninth time.

A state appeals court rejected Amer Zada's latest attempt to have his convictions vacated.

He was found guilty in 1980 of murdering 17-year-old Shirley Smith in a Nyack parking lot.

Earlier this year, a lower court ruled his legal team did not offer any evidence that would justify vacating his conviction.

"We believed new information warranted further scrutiny by the County Court and Appellate Division, and we are disappointed that the courts did not see it that way," said Zada's attorney, Arthur Larkin.