Legal Opinion
State v. Bieber
Montana Supreme Court
Decided October 19, 2007No. DA 06-0156PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cotter
¶1 In January 2003, one-year old Dane Heggem (Dane) died while in the care of the Tiny Tots Daycare located in Laurel, Montana (Tiny Tots), and co-owned by Sabine Bieber (Bieber) and Denise Smith (Smith). Postmortem testing revealed that Dane had an elevated level of diphenhydramine (DPH) in his system. DPH is an active ingredient in cold and allergy medications such as Benadryl® and has strong sedative properties. Further investigation indicated that the DPH had been administered to Dane at Tiny Tots. Bieber was subsequently charged with one count of negligent homicide, three counts of…
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