North Dakota woman appeals to state supreme court for life-sentence in murder case
(Bismarck, ND) -- A woman sentenced to life in prison for killing the father of her child is appealing her conviction to the state Supreme Court. A jury convicted 26-year-old Heather Hoffman in September for the April 2022 shooting death of 22-year-old Alex Eckert at a northwest Minot apartment. Prosecutors said Hoffman went to Eckert's apartment the night of the shooting,