Murder Conviction of Ex-Intelligence Director's Daughter Overturned

Maryland appeals court rules jury was improperly exposed to questioning of Sophia Negroponte's credibility, orders new trial.

Sophia Negroponte, daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte, had her murder conviction overturned by a Maryland appeals court.
The court ruled that the jury was improperly exposed to parts of a police interrogation video and testimony from a prosecution expert witness, both questioning Negroponte's credibility.
The trial centered on whether Negroponte intentionally killed her friend, Yousuf Rasmussen, by stabbing him in the neck, or if it was an accidental cut during a drunken argument.
Negroponte's defense argued that she was too intoxicated to form specific intent, and that the jury should not have seen certain statements from her interrogation.
The case has been sent back to a lower court for a new trial.