Gardner v. State

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Chauncey Gardner appeals his judgments and sentences for aggravated child abuse and aggravated manslaughter of his infant child. See §§ 782.07(3), 827.03(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (2009). We affirm, but we write to address two of the issues raised by Mr. Gardner.

Tivasha Logan gave birth to Mr. Gardner’s child on May 11, 2009. This was their fourth child together. The infant, a girl, was born ten weeks premature. Although the infant initially had some trouble with bottle feeding, she thrived in the hospital neonatal unit and was discharged to the care of her mother at the end of July…