http://www.mcall.com/news/nationwor...ns-baby-mental-evaluation-20150721-story.htmlPublic defender Karen Thek pleaded not guilty on her client's behalf and says she's pursuing an insanity defense.
Dorvilier remains jailed on $500,000 bail. She's due back in court on Sept. 8.
MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (AP) —
.... Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier pleaded guilty Monday in Mount Holly to aggravated manslaughter. She had previously pleaded not guilty to a murder charge.
Prosecutors will recommend that Dorvilier be sentenced to 30 years in prison. She is scheduled to be sentenced April 22....
HOLLY, N.J. --A woman who set her newborn on fire and left her in the middle of a New Jersey street has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Hyphernkemberly Dorvilier was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty in February to aggravated manslaughter.
I'm all for stiff sentences when it comes to murder, rape and all of the awful things we do to each other, especially to children. However, I have to say that, for Hyphernkemberly, it seems as if the insanity defense should have been further pursued rather than pleading her case out. I don't see any reports for what was revealed in the mental health assessment from last Fall. She had initially pled not guilty to murder charges then, six months after the assessment, pled guilty to aggravated manslaughter. Maybe there wasn't justification for an insanity defense. It just seems like to me that anyone who would do this to their own baby has to be completely off their rocker. Oh, it's just so sad, all around.