PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Court of Appeals has upheld Jodi Arias' first-degree murder conviction and life prison sentence in the 2008 killing of her former boyfriend.
Arias' lawyers had argued that a prosecutor's misconduct and a judge's failure to control news coverage deprived her of the right to a fair trial in the high-profile case.
The three-member appeals court on Tuesday unanimously concluded that prosecutor Juan Martinez's conduct in the case didn't outweigh the overwhelming evidence of Arias' guilt.
Arias was convicted of killing ex-boyfriend Travis Alexander at his home in the Phoenix suburb of Mesa.
