AURORA, Ill. (AP) – An Illinois appeals court has decided that an Aurora woman convicted of hiring someone to kill her ex-boyfriend must receive a new trial. Maricela Arciga, 33, was found guilty in July 2014 of solicitation of murder for hire and sentenced to 20 years in prison. The Aurora Beacon-News reports that a state appellate court this week found Arciga did not have a fair trial, including her attorney’s failure to present evidence that she did not have a criminal history. The court ordered that she receive a new trial in Kane County. No date has been set.
