9th US Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed Elmore 's conviction Wednesday . Appeals court rejected claim that constitutional rights were violated at trial . Convicted in 1995 of killing and raping Ohnstad in Bellingham . Said girl threatened to tell on him for molesting her when she was younger . Elmore has been on death row since 1996 but executions are suspended .
9th US Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed Elmore 's conviction Wednesday . Appeals court rejected claim that constitutional rights were violated at trial . Convicted in 1995 of killing and raping Christy Ohnstad in Bellingham . Said girl threatened to tell on him for molesting her when she was younger . Elmore has been on death row since 1996 but executions are suspended .