Iowa Court of Appeals upholds the conviction of a former Decorah woman

The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of former Decorah resident Michelle Kehoe of Coralville, who was earlier found guilty of charges from the death of one son and the attempted murder of another.

Attorneys for Kehoe had argued that law regarding whether a person was insane at the time of a crime was unconstitutional, but the court rejected that claim.

Jurors in October of 2009 convicted Kehoe of murdering her 2-year-old son, Seth, and injuring her 7-year-old son, Sean, at a pond near Littleton.