A lawyer for 15-year-old Carly Gregg argued that her client deserved a new trial because she had previously undergone horse therapy to make her voice deaf.
Jury in September Rankin County, Mississippi15-year-old Gregg was found guilty on all charges, with prosecutor Kathryn Newman saying Gregg “showed absolutely no remorse”.
the boy was charged murder and aggravated assault The March 19 shooting killed his mother, Ashley Smiley, 40, and injured his stepfather, Heath Smiley. She was also charged with tampering with evidence for hiding a security camera after the shooting.
For the first and second charges, Greg was sentenced to life in prison. On the third charge, she received a 10-year prison sentence.
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Carly Gregg pleaded not guilty to the charges at her first court appearance. Her bond was set at $1 million. She is being held at the Rankin County Adult Detention Center. (Rankin County)
Viral footage shown in court showed the horrifying moment the girl opened fire on her mother.
Now, Gregg's defense has said the girl's father revealed that she was “subjected to horseback riding therapy at a young age because she experienced auditory hallucinations.”
“This new information supports Dr. Clark's diagnosis of unspecified schizophrenia, and a new trial is likely to yield a different outcome,” the defense said. “Therefore, Carly is entitled to a new trial.”
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The defense argued that there should have been “indisputable evidence” of the circumstances that led to Gregg's actions, leading to a mistrial.
“Carly's mental illness, loving relationship with her mother and stepfather, lack of past criminal charges, lack of past violence, good school performance, mother's family support, community support, Carly's loving relationship with her mother and stepfather, The incontrovertible evidence at trial regarding the victim's testimony that she was sane and not aware of the crime at the time of the crime, and the state's admission that there was no motive for the crime, has no effect on the verdict or sentencing in this case. That is not substantiated,” the defense attorney said.
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“Therefore, this matter requires a new trial or judgment notwithstanding the verdict,” they said.
The footage showed the moments immediately after Carly Gregg allegedly opened fire and killed her mother in March 2024. (YouTube/Law and Criminal Justice)
Judge Dewey Arthur disagreed with the ruling, saying the information revealed did not warrant a new trial.
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“This court finds, inter alia, that there is no new and material evidence. [sic] “Evidence has been discovered that would probably have resulted in a different outcome at trial, and with reasonable care this evidence would not have been discovered sooner,” Arthur wrote.
“The court considered the statements and determined that these statements probably would not have resulted in a different outcome at trial,” he said.
