Dant v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice ABRAMSON.

Jason Dant appeals as a matter of right from a June 15, 2006 Judgment of the Hancock Circuit Court convicting him of wanton murder. The victim in this case was Addryana Johnson, the seven-month-old daughter of Dant’s live-in girlfriend, April Johnson. On the morning of January 23, 2005, Dant awoke and heard Addryana struggling to breathe. Dant claimed that he tried to restore Addryana’s breathing by shaking her a little to help her breathe. Addryana was eventually taken by an ambulance to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead. An autopsy revealed…