A who has been sitting on Ohio's death row for 14 years wants a new trial on charges filed for the murder of a three-month-old boy in Youngstown.

John Drummond, 41, was sentenced to death in 2004 for the killing of Jiyen Dent in a 2003 drive-by shooting on Youngstown's East Side.

In a motion filed with the Ohio Supreme Court, Drummond's attorney asks the justices to vacate his client's conviction for aggravated murder and death sentence and send the case back to Mahoning County Court for a new trial.

The motion claims Drummond's conviction was unconstitutional because the trial court was prejudiced the jury when it allowed it to hear evidence that Drummond was in possession of ammunition and weapons not related to the death of Dent.

At the time, the judge hearing the case permitted the evidence because he felt it showed that Drummond was familiar with the use of weapons and ammunition.

Defense attorneys say that the Ohio Supreme Court recently ruled in another case that a court committed an error by allowing the admission as evidence, weapons unrelated to the crime.

According to court records, Drummond used an assault rifle to fire 11 shots into the Dent family home on Rutledge Drive on the night of March 24, 2003.

Jiyen Dent Sr. said he was watching a movie while his infant son was in a baby swing in the living room when “bullets start coming through the windows and the walls.”

Dent Sr. told the court that he picked up the baby and ran down the hallway towards the bathroom.

The dad says he fell in the hallway and noticed that his son had been shot in the head.

Drummond was convicted on eight counts in all, including charges of aggravated murder, attempted murder, felonious assault as well as weapons charges.

He is scheduled to be executed on April 21, 2022.