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A South Carolina woman who drowned her 5-month-old daughter is sorry she has pleaded guilty and is now asking a judge for help in withdrawing the statement because she alleges she did not "understand the nature" of the charges against her.
In January, Sara Toney was sentenced to 27 years in prison for agreeing to have drowned the child in 2015. In May, Toney submitted a petition - partially handwritten - to the court in which she explained that she "unintentionally" accepted her guilt. and that he had not agreed to testify with "a full understanding of the nature of his charges."
The woman also alleges that her attorney at the time did not call any witnesses to discuss her mental health and the alleged postpartum depression that she suffered.
Little Grace Carlson Santa Cruz died in strange circumstances in November 2015 in Myrtle Beach. The woman's neighbors called the police when she appeared all wet and saying that she had lost her baby in a stream near her home. When the authorities questioned her, she said that she had taken the girl there because she couldn't stop crying and that she had released her because she lost her balance due to the current of the water. Toney later said that "he was looking for God."
The woman was arrested and the child's body was located within two days. At the time of her arrest, detectives in the case said that the mother displayed the gestures of a methamphetamine addict and that she kept winking and scratching her skin. In January this year, Judge Steven John of the South Carolina Superior Court sentenced the woman to prison after considering that she was fully aware of her actions when she threw her daughter into the water.
Jams Falks, the defendant's current attorney, told People magazine that her client's request was not unusual. "There are cases where a person really deserves a second review [of their case]," said the lawyer. "And this may be one of those cases."
If the appeal is accepted by the District Attorney, Toney could receive a new trial.
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