Linda La Roche’s attorney, Laura Walker, makes an argument during a hearing before Racine County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Boyle on Monday, March 13, 2023, at the Racine County Law Enforcement Center in Racine, Wisconsin. La Roche was convicted last year of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Peggy Lynn Johnson-Schroeder and is now appealing her conviction. (Gregory Shaver — gshaver@shawmedia.com/Gregory Shaver - gshaver@shawmedia.com)