BRANDON, Miss. (Court TV) — A judge denied convicted teen murderer Carly Gregg’s motion for a new trial based on new evidence, arguing that the information could have been found had her attorneys exercised “reasonable diligence.”
Carly Gregg cried as the verdict was read in court on Sept. 20, 2024. (Court TV)
Gregg, now 15, was sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury found her guilty of murdering her mother and trying to kill her stepfather when she was 14. At trial, Gregg’s defense conceded that she had fired the shots but argued that she suffered from mental illness and was legally insane at the time of the crime.
A motion filed shortly after her conviction asked for Judge Dewey Arthur to grant her a new trial or set the jury verdict and sentence aside entirely. The motion cited new evidence, including an interview Gregg’s biological father did with a local television station, that could have led to a different result at trial.
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