An Ohio woman currently serving time for attempting to shoot her 15-year-old son in his bedroom has lost her bid for a new trial, following a court decision that dismantled her claims of a botched legal defense and a “secret” plea offer that prosecutors say never existed.
In a decision handed down on Friday, the Ninth District Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of Alma Gray’s petition for post-conviction relief, ruling that her allegations against her former attorneys lacked any credible evidence.
The case stems from a violent domestic incident in May 2019. A grand jury indicted Gray on charges of felonious assault with a firearm specification and endangering children after she attempted to shoot her teenage son. While Gray initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity (NGRI), two separate mental health evaluations failed to support that defense…