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A Boynton Beach woman who was found guilty of hiring an undercover officer to kill her husband wants a new trial.
An attorney for Dalia Dippolito filed the motion last month, claiming his client didn't get a fair chance.
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The argument centers on Dippolito's ex-boyfriend, Mohamed Shihadeh.
Shihadeh, who tipped off police about the plot, pre-recorded his testimony for the trial because he claimed he was going to be out of the country, but he was arrested on a DUI charge in Boca Raton while the trial was ongoing.
Dippolito's attorney argued his client has a right to face her accuser in court.
Last month, a jury convicted Dippolito of solicitation to commit first-degree murder.
Dippolito was arrested in August 2009 after she hired an undercover police officer who was posing as a hit man to kill her husband, Michael Dippolito. Police then staged a crime scene and recorded her reaction on the day the killing was supposed to take place.
She remains in jail while awaiting sentencing.
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