Legal Opinion
Brewington v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided September 5, 2012No. 2D10-458PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LaROSE, Judge.
Nicole Brewington appeals her conviction and thirty-year sentence for aggravated manslaughter of a child. See § 782.07(3), Fla. Stat. (2006). We affirm, but write to address her claim that the trial court erred in excluding evidence of battered woman syndrome.
The Department of Children and Families (DCF) removed Ms. Brewington’s three children from her care in March 2007 because her boyfriend, Kashon Scott, was selling drugs from her home while caring for the children. Within a month, the trial court returned the children to Ms. Brewington on the conditions that she not allow…
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