Gauvin v. State

*101SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Appellant Michelle Gauvin pled guilty to the confinement, neglect, and murder of her four-year-old stepdaughter. The trial court imposed life without parole.

Gauvin’s sentence rests in part on a finding that she tortured the child. Gau-vin contends she was correcting the child’s misbehavior. Parental supervision is crucial to rearing children, but the duration and severity of the pain and suffering Michelle’s stepdaughter endured adequately established torture as an aggravating circumstance.

Gauvin also claims that her sentence is inappropriate. We affirm.

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