A Maryland appeals court has thrown out the murder conviction of a daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte.

The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing of a friend after a drunken argument in Maryland.

The daughter of former U.S. intelligence director John Negroponte has been found guilty of fatally stabbing a 24-year-old man after a drunken argument inside a Maryland home.