The state’s highest court has granted a new trial to a Brockton woman convicted of killing two of her children. The ruling overturns the outcome of her earlier trial and sends the case back for further proceedings.
The decision focused on the exclusion of psychiatric records from the trial. The records were considered relevant to the defense, and the court’s action was described in coverage as a warning to the judge who presided over the case about how such evidence should be handled.
The case has drawn attention because of the circumstances of the children’s deaths and because of reported parallels to the separate Lindsay Clancy case. The new-trial ruling does not resolve the underlying allegations, and prosecutors may pursue the case again in light of the court’s decision.
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