DENVER — A woman convicted of trying to hire someone to kill her son’s father is appealing her case because the man who represented her has been found guilty of impersonating a lawyer.
Gwen Bergman was convicted in May of two federal murder-for-hire felonies. Her attorney is asking the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver to set aside her conviction or return the case to district court so her sentence can be reduced.
Bergman has been in jail since 2004 and is serving a nine-year sentence. Federal prosecutors say Bergman received proper representation because a licensed attorney aided the attorney she hired, Howard Kieffer.
Kieffer faces 25 years in prison when sentenced next month. He was convicted in April in U.S. District Court in Bismarck, N.D., of mail fraud and making false statements connected to his posing as an attorney there.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
