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A convicted killer in Campbell County will get a new trial.Last year, Shayna Hubers was sentenced to 40 years in prison after a jury convicted her of killing Ryan Poston in his condominium in October 2012.Hubers claimed self-defense, but the jury found her guilty of murder.Watch this story.But in a motion filed earlier this year, Hubers claimed that one of the jurors was not qualified to be on the jury because "he is a convicted felon."Dave Craig, 53, indicated on his juror questionnaire that he had never been convicted of a felony. He had previously pleaded guilty to falling behind on child support payments, but said he didn't know the crime was a felony.Hubers’ attorney handling her appeal, Deanna Dennison, caught the obvious error because she represented the juror 24 years ago.Under Kentucky law, felons who have not been pardoned or have not had their civil rights restored cannot serve on a jury.Circuit Judge Fred Stine ruled Thursday that Hubers should be granted a new trial.Stine noted in his ruling that previous court decisions make it clear that having a disqualified person on a jury is grounds for a new trial, even if Craig believed he was answering the questionnaire truthfully."Whether Craig's falsehood was deliberate is ultimately irrelevant," Stine wrote.“I just so respect this judge for following the law in the commonwealth, despite all the pressure I'm certain he got," said Dennison.“Shayna Hubers is as much guilty of being a murderer today as she was the night she murdered my son," said Poston's father Jay Poston. "She will be a murderer until the last day she takes a breath.”