Samantha Kematch and Karl McKay will have to wait to learn if their first-degree murder convictions will be overturned in the death of five-year-old Phoenix Sinclair.
The three judges presiding over their appeal have reserved their decision for a later date.
Kematch and McKay were convicted last year for the 2005 beating death of Phoenix and were sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Phoenix died in a basement on the Fisher River Cree Nation. Her remains were found the following year buried near a garbage dump.
Kematch and McKay each have their own defence council, who argue the first-degree conviction hinged on the fact the jury found the couple guilty of forcible confinement in the death.
Their lawyers say the two did not force the five-year-old to stay in the basement and are asking for the conviction to be reduced to second-degree murder or manslaughter.
Throughout the two day hearing both Kematch and McKay remained quite but through their lawyers continue to point the finger at one another for Phoenix's death.
Family of the young girl are upset with the justice system and are asking how convicted killers can continue to waste taxpayers' money with an appeal.
"Phoenix was a loving child," said Angie Sinclair, the young girl's aunt.
"It's not really a wound that's closed yet," said Kim Edwards, a former foster mother to Phoenix.
The three judges presiding over the appeal would not say when a decision on the appeal would be available. A brother of Karl McKay's tells CTV News he was told by defence council a decision could be made by Easter of next year.
- with a report from CTV's Caroline Barghout
