article_snippet: Prosecutors appealed to Judge David Rosenberg to change Green's charge from manslaughter to murder after claiming to have uncovered new evidence in the death of her 20-day-old son, Justice Rees, over the past week.
article_snippet: Higher stakes: Prosecutors appealed to Judge David Rosenberg to change Green's charge from manslaughter to murder after claiming to have uncovered new evidence .
article_snippet: In response, Green's public defender, Tracie Olson, demanded to be presented with the new information and accused the opposing side of moving the goalpost after her client had agreed to plead guilty to an upgraded charge of murder in the death of her newborn son, reported Sacramento Bee.
article_snippet: Supervising Deputy District Attorney Rob Gorman declined to go into detail about the new evidence but defended the timing of Ms. Green.
article_snippet: Supervising Deputy District Attorney Rob Gorman acknowledged that that while it may look ‘suspicious,’ the information they have obtained since Green’s arraignment March 4 warranted the charge upgrade.
article_snippet: We now believe that Ms. Green can be legitimately charged for murder,’ said Supervising Deputy District Attorney Rob Gorman.
article_snippet: The original charges against Green also included an enhancement for inflicting great bodily injury on a child under age five during the commission of a felony.
highlights_snippet: Prosecutors asked a judge to amend the complaint against Green after claiming they had uncovered new evidence .
  
highlights_snippet: Green's public defender accused prosecutors of moving the goalpost after learning that the woman client was going to change the woman plea to guilty .
  