LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman convicted of killing a 52-year-old man has filed a civil case claiming her attorney was ineffective during her trial, including not arguing for a battered woman defense.

An attorney for 24-year-old Sarah Gonzales-McLinn says the post-conviction relief case is not about whether she is guilty but about her trial attorney’s effectiveness.

Gonzales-McLinn, a Topeka native, was convicted in January 2014 of drugging and nearly beheading Harold Sasko at a home they shared in Lawrence. She was sentenced to 50 years with no chance of parole.

The motion alleges Gonzales-McLinn killed Sasko after he kept her in sexual and financial slavery for more than a year.

The motion could result in a 25-year sentence, a new sentencing hearing, a new trial or dismissal.