Facts
The appellant [X.] was sentenced to 16 years in prison for murder and obstruction of justice. She had killed her boyfriend [Y.] and initially presented the act as an attack by unknown men. Later, she admitted to having killed [Y.] herself. The appellant requested a revision of the judgment and submitted a photo of her gunshot wound and a private expert opinion to support her account of struggle before the killing. The lower court rejected the request for revision, as the new evidence was not suitable to change the judgment.
The appellant filed an appeal with the Federal Court, arguing that the lower court had arbitrarily rejected the grounds for revision and violated federal law. She argued that the photo and the private expert opinion were new evidence that justified a revision, and that the lower court had incorrectly assessed the likelihood of a change in the judgment.
Considerations
The Federal Court examined the appeal and came to the conclusion that the lower court had not arbitrarily rejected the grounds for revision. The lower court had found that the photo of the gunshot wound and the private expert opinion were not suitable to change the judgment, as they did not prove the appellant's innocence. The Federal Court found that the lower court had correctly assessed the likelihood of a change in the judgment and that the appellant had not shown how the lower court's considerations were arbitrary.
The Federal Court also rejected the appellant's complaint…