Senser appeals conviction in fatal hit-and-run

Published 1:29 pm Saturday, August 11, 2012

ST. PAUL — The attorney for Amy Senser is appealing her conviction in the hit-and-run death of a man on a Minneapolis exit ramp last August.

Senser’s attorney filed the 33-page document Friday with the Minnesota Court of Appeals.

Senser’s attorney cites a note that the jury wanted read to Senser when the verdict was announced in May.

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The filing also cites lack of evidence proving Senser knew the accident killed Anousone Phanthavong. He was struck and killed while filling his tank with gas on a freeway exit ramp.

Officials with the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office declined to comment because they hadn’t seen the filing.

Senser was sentenced in July to nearly 3 1/2 years in prison. She is the wife of former Minnesota Viking Joe Senser.