WATERTOWN - The defense attorney for a 29-year-old Weedsport woman charged with the death of three of her children during a police chase rejected a plea offer from prosecutors on Friday.

Attorney Peter Juliano said he planned a “psychological defense” for Lisa Parker, who faces multiple charges of criminally negligent homicide and manslaughter stemming from a fiery accident June 22 in Jefferson County.

Juliano said Parker suffered a “panic attack” or similar episode that caused her to flee from deputies when they tried to pull her over for driving erratically.

Parker is scheduled for trial in Jefferson County Court beginning May 15.

Juliano said he rejected an offer by the district attorney's office because it included a state prison sentence.

“I'm not happy with that,” Juliano said, claiming his client requires ongoing physical therapy that she would not be able to obtain in prison. “I don't think it's feasible for her to do jail time.”

Parker was charged with 19 criminal counts, including three counts each of second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, first-degree unlawfully fleeing a police officer and endangering the welfare of a child.

Parker and three of her children were on a camping trip to Cape Vincent on Lake Ontario. Her boyfriend was following about 20 minutes behind in another car with Parker's other child.

Deputies pulled her over for driving erratically on a county highway. As the deputy got out of his car, she sped off. The deputy chased Parker, but backed off after getting her license plate number.

Minutes later, Parker hit a utility pole, severing the pole and splitting the car in two. She was thrown from the car. The children - ages 2, 6 and 10 - were found strapped in their seats inside the burning car. An autopsy determined they died on impact. Parker was pregnant and her fetus did not survive.

According to the indictment, Parker had been driving with a suspended license. The indictment also said Parker was driving 85 mph in a 35 mph zone.