Rebecca Grossman Seeks New Murder Trial to Overturn Her Conviction

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. “Vehicular homicide second-degree murder charges require evidence that the defendant acted with a ‘base antisocial motive and with a wanton disregard for human life,’ and there was no evidence presented at trial to support findings of such acts by Ms. Grossman in this case,” Mr. Spertus stated in the complaint. “The defense respectfully moves for a new trial mindful of the victims’ losses and the emotion crying out for accountability.”...