Lovett v. State

THREADGILL, Judge.

Appellant, Naomi Lovett, appeals her convictions and departure sentences for third-degree murder and felony child abuse. We affirm the convictions but find that the reasons given for departure are invalid and remand for resentencing within the guidelines.

On June 25, 1987, paramedics responded to a call where they found seventeen month old DeAngelina Lovett with no pulse and no respiration. She was transported to the hospital where she remained, clinically brain dead, on life support until her death a day and a half later. The cause of death was determined to be injury to the…