Computer forensics helped get Dera Jones convicted in December of threatening to kill a federal judge. Problems with the testimony — and how prosecutors disclosed it — may get her a new trial.

In a motion for a new trial filed Feb. 27, Jones’ lawyer, Assistant Federal Public Defender Elizabeth Falk, took umbrage with the timing of federal prosecutors’ expert disclosure and the content of the expert’s findings.

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