United States v. Darlene Frappier, A/K/A Darlene Boissonneault, Darlene Judkins

COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a conviction of appellant for procuring the premeditated murder of her husband in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111 and 2, together with an appeal from denial of a motion for new trial, raises some ten issues. The facts are unusually sordid, the trial hard fought by able counsel, and many of the challenged rulings of the district judge close calls. We find no such ruling singly or in conjunction with others to constitute error, abuse of discretion, or prejudice justifying reversal.

The victim was one Army Sergeant Robert A. Boissonneault, found strangled to…