HELENA, Mont. β A federal appeals court will hear arguments in the case of a woman who pleaded guilty to pushing her new husband to his death from a cliff in Glacier National Park.
Jordan Graham is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to allow her to withdraw her guilty plea in the July 2013 death of 25-year-old Cody Johnson.
The court has set arguments for Nov. 3 in Portland, Oregon.
Graham accuses federal prosecutors of misconduct, vindictive prosecution and breaching an agreement in which she pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
Graham says prosecutors filed a report seeking a life sentence in line with premeditated first-degree murder, when second-degree murder does not involve premeditation.
Prosecutors say there was ample evidence that Graham planned to kill Johnson, and her allegations of misconduct are unfounded.
