 And Michelle Traconis says she's seeking a public defender to handle her appeal because she's indigent and cannot afford it. Traconis was convicted of conspiring to help her boyfriend, Fotis Doulos, kill his estranged wife, Jennifer Doulos, in New Canaan in 2019 and cover up the crime. She was sentenced to 14 and a half years in state prison last month. Traconis had private attorneys during her five-year-long legal battle, with costs for attorneys likely in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. WGCH News Center time is 729.