GUILTY OH - Brenda Powell, 50, stabbed to death by daughter Sydney, Akron, Mar. 3, 2020

[RickshawFan]

they seem pretty helicopter-y to me, and i dont think quitting college was "acceptable" to her family (i get it - they spent tons of money and time on this) and that's part of why she flipped out so brutally and aggressively. i feel like sydney is the kind of person where even therapy wouldnt help her bc she'd just desperately try to manipulate the therapist.

What was weird to me was how she seemed to be able to manipulate a lot of folks, when she's such an obvious manipulator! Consider the games she played with not combing her hair, so she'd look crazy. Versus the mug shot where she has perfectly combed hair. And then the whole deal with the perfectly manicured black-talon fingernails (which she removed after nasty remarks on the internet).

Sydney reminds me of Jodi Arias: the method of the attack, the stab wounds and their location, chameleon qualities, the lies and manipulations, the "little girl-y" plays, how men get attached to her and women see right through her... The overstaying her welcome, never taking no for an answer...

 

[fred&edna]

Should Sydney Powell get a new murder trial? Attorneys debate this issue in her appeal

Sydney Powell should get a new murder trial because of errors made in her first trial, her attorneys say in her appeal. Prosecutors disagree.

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In the past few months, attorneys on both sides have filed several briefs that outline their arguments about whether Powell should get a new trial. Oral arguments before the 9th district are scheduled for Aug. 20.

The 9th district normally takes several months to release its decision. If Powell doesn’t prevail, the case could be appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court.

 

[Trebor5591]

I wonder how Sydney is adjusting to her life in prison?

 

[RickshawFan]

I wonder how Sydney is adjusting to her life in prison?

I hope the prison hasn't bought into her malingering. The whole "crazy woman" act she was doing in the trial should have disqualified her from the special wing at the prison, which is brand new and has all kinds of niceties.

 

[Warwick7]

An Ohio appeals court ordered a new trial for Sydney Powell, who argued she was insane when she brutally murdered her mother.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1872395744193196191

 

[Trebor5591]

Looks like Sydney Powell is getting another trial.

Sydney Powell, convicted of mom's brutal murder, wins new trial

An Ohio appeals court ordered a new trial for Sydney Powell, who argued she was insane when she brutally murdered her mother.

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[Trebor5591]

Appellate judges overturned Sydney Powell's conviction in the murder of her mother, opening the door for a possible second trial in a case that garnered nationwide media attention.

MSN

 

[Trebor5591]

Appellate judges overturned Sydney Powell's conviction in the murder of her mother, opening the door for a possible second trial in a case that garnered nationwide media attention.

MSN

I can not find any current coverage of this. If Sydney Powell's conviction was overturned, does that mean she was freed? Are there plans to retry her? Does anyone know?

 

[Trebor5591]

Sydney Powell is still incarcerated per Offender Details

 

[lightofmine99]

Appeals court reverses Sydney Powell's conviction in 2020 murder of her mother in Akron

The appeals court ruled that the trial court wrongly prevented Powell's attorneys from presenting testimony that would have rebutted a state witness.

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Powell's attorneys appealed her conviction, arguing the trial court wrongly prevented them from presenting witnesses that would have rebutted testimony casting doubt on Powell's mental health claims given by an expert called by the state, according to a decision written by Judge Jennifer L. Hensal of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

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So the defense did get to present several witnesses that testified she was mentally ill but those witnesses weren't enough or something?

 

[imstilla.grandma]

Prosecutors have now written to the high court to petition for the appeal to be overturned. They wrote: “The Ninth District Court of Appeals reversed Appellee Sydney Powell’s murder conviction based on its erroneous conclusion that she had the ‘unconditional right’ to present sur-rebuttal expert testimony that was cumulative to the extensive expert testimony she already elicited in her case-in-chief.”

Ohio prosecutors appeal overturned murder conviction that shook state

Sydney Powell, then 19, stabbed mom Brenda more than 30 times

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[Trebor5591]

Ohio’s highest court weighs reinstating Sydney Powell’s conviction​

Posted at 10:06 AM, January 7, 2026
Lauren Silver

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Court TV) — Attorneys appeared before Ohio’s highest court on Wednesday in a battle over expert testimony and procedure in a young woman’s murder trial.

Sydney Powell was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for murdering her mother, Brenda. (Ohio Dept. of Corrections)
Sydney Powell was a college student when she murdered her mother, Brenda Powell, in 2020. She stood trial in 2023 and was convicted of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence. She was later sentenced to an indefinite term of 15 years to life. Sydney never denied the attack on her mother; rather, she argued she was insane at the time of the crime. In what became a battle of the experts, both prosecutors and Sydney’s defense called doctors to testify about her mental state.

Ohio’s Ninth District Court of Appeals granted Sydney a new trial, finding that the trial judge had erred by not allowing the defense to present a sur-rebuttal at the close of the case. The State of Ohio then appealed that decision.

Ohio's highest court weighs reinstating Sydney Powell's conviction

An attorney for the State of Ohio warned that awarding Sydney Powell a new trial sets a dangerous precedent for future trial procedure.

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