People v. Scott

In June 2004, defendant, Lisa Dawn Scott, pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter for unintentionally and recklessly killing her newborn daughter (720 ILCS 5/9 — 3(a) (West 2002)). She was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The trial court denied defendant’s motion to reconsider. Defendant appealed. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

On March 7, 2003, a garbage collector emptied a Dumpster from behind an apartment complex. As he started the compactor, he noticed what looked like an infant’s hand and umbilical cord hanging from the trash compactor. The police were called. An infant, packaged…