Rebecca Grossman Seeks New Murder Trial to Overturn Her Conviction

The LA philanthropist was convicted in the 2020 deaths of two boys who were hit by the car she was driving.
Rebecca Grossman Seeks New Murder Trial to Overturn Her Conviction
Rebecca Grossman, left, and her daughter head to Van Nuys Courthouse in Los Angeles, on Feb. 14, 2024. Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via AP
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After hiring a new defense attorney, Rebecca Grossman, who was convicted in February of the second-degree murder of two young brothers, is seeking a new trial that would overturn her conviction.

James Spertus, who took over Ms. Grossman’s legal team in February, filed a motion May 13 asking Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joseph Brandolino to toss Ms. Grossman’s conviction in the hit-and-run murders of Jacob Iskander, 8, and Mark Iksander, 11, arguing that prosecutors failed to produce evidence to prove their case and failed to prove Ms. Grossman acted with implied malice.

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