Karen Umphrey was a 21-year-old Port Huron woman who was found dead in November 1980.

A judge rejected a motion to grant a new trial in the murder trial over the death of Karen Umphrey.

Douglas Laming's attorney, Ronald Ambrose, had filed a request for a new trial, arguing Laming's trial attorney failed to object to an expert witness and that the court did not give adequate instruction to the jury about the ulterior motives his co-defendant, Anthony Harris, might have had in testifying against Laming.

A judge rejected a motion to grant a new trial in the murder trial over the death of Karen Umphrey.

Douglas Laming's attorney, Ronald Ambrose, had filed a request for a new trial, arguing Laming's trial attorney failed to object to an expert witness and that the court did not give adequat

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