State judge denies Kaitlyn Conley's second attempt to appeal Whitesboro manslaughter charge

A second attempt by Kaitlyn Conley to appeal her manslaughter conviction was denied Monday, according to documents released from the Oneida County District Attorney's Office.

Conley was convicted of first-degree manslaughter for the 2015 colchicine poisoning death of Whitesboro chiropractor Mary Louise Yoder in November 2017 by an Oneida County jury. She was sentenced in January 2018 to 23 years in state prison.

Trial verdict:Kaitlyn Conley guilty of manslaughter

The sentence:Conley sentenced to 23 years in poisoning case

Conley applied to bring her case before the New York State Court of Appeals, New York's highest court, after previously bringing her case before the New York's Appellate Division of Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department in December 2020.

Conley previously brought her case to appeal her conviction before the New York's Appellate Division of Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department in December 2020, where her attorney argued evidence evidence presented by the prosecution in the trial, such as the high does of colchicine, did not indicate whoever killed Yoder had done so accidentally.

The first appeal:Arguments heard in appeal of Kaitlyn Conley manslaughter conviction

The decision:Manslaughter conviction of Kaitlyn Conley of Sauquoit upheld

Conley previously was tried in May 2017 for the second-degree murder of Yoder, where it ended in a hung jury.

The court upheld Conley's conviction this past March. Her motion to then leave to appeal to the state Court of Appeals was denied by Judge Rowan D. Wilson on Monday, according to court documents.

H. Rose Schneider is the public safety reporter for the Observer-Dispatch. Email Rose at hschneider@gannett.com.