BRANDON, Miss. (Court TV) — The attorney for a teenage girl sentenced to life in prison for murdering her mother and trying to kill her stepfather has filed an appeal, citing new evidence and a series of errors at her trial.
Carly Gregg cried as the verdict was read in court on Sept. 20, 2024. (Court TV)
Carly Gregg , 15, was sentenced by a jury, which took less than one hour to decide she should spend the rest of her life behind bars after finding her guilty of murder, attempted murder and tampering with evidence. In a motion filed on Sept. 26, Carly’s attorney has asked for a new trial or, in the alternative, for the jury’s verdict and sentence to be set aside entirely.
At her trial, Carly’s attorneys conceded that she had killed her mother and shot her stepfather, but argued that she was legally insane at the time of the crime and had been suffering from undiagnosed mental illness. Psychiatrist Andrew Clark, hired by Carly’s defense, testified that she had an unspecified schizophrenic disorder . In her motion, defense attorney Bridget Todd said new evidence came to light after the trial, adding further weight to that diagnosis.