AUBURN - An Auburn Correctional Facility inmate serving 25 years to life for shooting a 14-year-old boy said he will fight extradition to California, where he is accused of participating in a liquor store robbery in which a man was murdered.

Raheem Edwards, 28, appeared in Cayuga County Court Tuesday where he was informed he is wanted for murder in Anaheim, Calif., for allegedly stealing money from a cash register while an accomplice, Robert Feeney, shot and killed Haeng Shin Kim, a Lucky 7 liquor store clerk in 2000.

Feeney was convicted of first-degree murder in 2008 after a grainy surveillance video showed him walking up to Kim and shooting him in the back of the head as he attempted to crawl away on the floor.

Even though Edward's did not pull the trigger, he is still charged with murder and murder in the commission of robbery, both felonies, because of his alleged involvement.

Edwards, whose case was profiled on Auburn native John Walsh's “America's Most Wanted,” said he will challenge the extradition order. A hearing has been set for July 14.

Cayuga County District Attorney Jon Budelmann said an executive agreement signed by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and New York Gov. David Paterson outline an arrangement where Edwards would be extradited to Anaheim for a trial. If Edwards is convicted, he will return to New York to finish his sentence before serving time in California.

Edwards is currently locked up on convictions of second-degree murder and second- and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon for shooting a 14-year-old Kings County boy in the back. His earliest possible release date for good behavior is 2030.

According to police records, Edwards left the scene of a fight to grab a gun but could not find the man he was originally arguing with when he returned. Witnesses told police they heard Edwards say he had to shoot someone just before firing four shots at the teenager as he attempted to flee.

Also in court:

• A former employee at Quality Rentals and H&L Ford in Auburn pleaded not guilty to charges that he stole money from both businesses.

Dale Cuddeback, 34, of 32 S. Lewis St., is accused of stealing $4,000 in cash from Quality Rentals on Genesee Street and $12,000 in customer deposits from H&L Ford on Grant Avenue.

Cuddeback is charged with felony grand larceny and the misdemeanor crimes of conspiracy, petit larceny, attempted petit larceny, and issueing a bad check.

Cuddeback was remanded to the Cayuga County Jail in lieu of bail, which was set at $5,000 cash or $10,000 bond.

• An Auburn man accused of stealing and burning a 2008 Toyota Corolla pleaded not guilty to four felony charges.

Charles Allen, 21, of 19 Franklin St., is charged with third-degree arson, second-degree criminal mischief and two counts of grand larceny.

• Raoul Garcia, an inmate at Five Points Correctional Facility, was sentenced to two to four years in prison for possessing a 9-inch long ice-pick type weapon when he was in Auburn Correctional Facility.

The sentenced will be served consecutively to his current 2003 assault and attempted robbery conviction.

• Tywan Wright, 24, of 423 Setmour St., Syracuse pleaded not guilty to conspiracy, criminal sale of a controlled substance and two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance, all felonies.

Staff writer Nate Robson can be reached at 253-5311 ext. 248 or nathan.robson@lee.net