Medina v. State

WALLACE, Judge.

Angel Medina challenges his judgment and sentence for neglect of a child causing great bodily harm in violation of section 827.03, Florida Statutes (2012), following a jury trial. Because Mr. Medina’s conduct in allowing a four-year-old child to descend a flight of stairs unassisted—stairs that the child had regularly traversed previously without significant incident—did not rise to the level of culpable negligence or a willful failure to care for the child’s well-being, we reverse.

I. THE FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

A. The Incident

On January 10, 2013, Mr. Medina was…