KNIGHT v. STATE

CASE NO. 1D16-4322.

213 So.3d 1019 (2017)

Brittany KNIGHT, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida; Sheriff for Leon County, Florida, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied April 4, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andy Thomas , Public Defender, L. Allen Beard and Carrie McMullen , Assistant Public Defenders, Tallahassee, Benjamin James Stevenson , Pensacola, and Nancy Abudu , Miami, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Trisha Meggs Pate , Bureau Chief, Tallahassee, for Respondents.


The State charged Brittany Knight with one count of aggravated manslaughter of a child, a first-degree felony. See § 782.07(3), Fla. Stat. (2015). Knight was a daycare worker who, according to the indictment, caused a child's death "by exposing the child to diphenhydramine and/or placing the child in unsafe sleeping conditions...

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