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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8211; Lawyers for a <a href="https://www.timesleader.com/news/539282/wilkes-barre-woman-pleads-guilty-to-felony-in-crash-that-injured-her-child" target="_blank">city woman convicted of aggravated assault and DUI charges</a> are seeking to have her sentence revised, according to documents filed Thursday in the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas.</p><p>Honorable Judge Joseph Sklarosky had only just sentenced Lashawn Renee Gilliam, 42, Monday to one year in prison, less one day, followed by 24 consecutive months probation. Police say Gilliam&#8217;s son, then 7, suffered spine and kidney injuries when she crashed her car into a tree on Aug. 8, 2015 in Jenkins Township. Testing later showed Gilliam had a blood alcohol content of .224 percent, police said.</p><p>But Gilliam&#8217;s attorney, Assistant Public Defender Melissa Sulima, filed documents Thursday asking the court to consider placing Gilliam in the county&#8217;s Intermediate Punishment Program, saying Gilliam is in need of rehabilitation rather than incarceration.</p><p>Sulima supported her appeal by emphasizing that Gilliam has no prior record, has taken responsibility for her actions and sought drug and alcohol treatment immediately after the incident and is the sole financial support and caretaker for her now 8-year-old son.</p><p>Sulima also pointed to Gilliams&#8217; &#8220;good character,&#8221; supported by letters from community members, Gilliam&#8217;s involvement in her church and her strong family ties.</p><p>If the judge finds she&#8217;s ineligible for the IPP, Gilliam&#8217;s attorneys asked the court to apply her mitigating circumstances to a reduced sentence.</p><style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Alyssa Mursch</p></bylineMeta></div>

Wilkes-Barre woman seeks lighter sentence for DUI crash that injured son