Ramos v. State

Jannette Ramos appeals her conviction and sentence for aggravated manslaughter of a child following the drowning death of her infant son in a retention pond close to her apartment. We affirm.

The only issue meriting discussion is whether the totality of Ramos’s acts, and failures to act, establish the culpable negligence necessary to sustain her conviction for manslaughter of a child.1

Florida imposes upon parents the responsibility to superase and protect their children who are too young to care for themselves. Machin v. Walgreen Co., 835 So.2d 284 (Fla. 3d DCA 2002). Here, the legal…