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Grandmother Put Oxycodone In 13MO Brentley's Sippy Cup

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Dec. 15, 2017

A Pickens County grandmother was convicted of homicide by child abuse this week for giving her 13-month old grandson a lethal dose of oxycodone in his sippy cup.

Angela Brewer, 46, was convicted by a jury Thursday and sentenced to 20 years in prison, according to a statement issued Friday by the 13th Judicial Circuit Solicitor's Office.

Brewer was arrested a week before Christmas nearly three years ago. Her grandson, Brentley Kolbin Lane Lusk died Oct. 17, 2014.

Deputies responded to Brewer’s home in Pickens and found that the baby was not breathing, according to a 2014 press release from the Pickens County Sheriff's Office. A family member was performing CPR on the baby, whom the family called Kolbin.

Kolbin was rushed to Cannon Memorial Hospital in Pickens, where he was pronounced dead

As part of its investigation, the Sheriff's Office submitted several items to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division for forensic testing, according to Chief Deputy Creed Hashe.

Results from those tests showed that Kolbin had ingested a fatal dose of the prescription drug oxycodone. The drug is a narcotic that is used to treat moderate to severe pain.

According to an arrest warrant, Brewer placed oxycodone in Kolbin’s cup and then gave the cup to the baby.

Brewer was the sole caregiver for her grandson on the day he died.
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Why?

Using the cup to dissolve her hillbilly heroin and forgot to wash it?

Baby was teething and she attempted to quiet him?

She used the cup to hide her drug and forgot it was in there?

She hated him and didn't want to be a grandma?

Why??
 
Keepalowprofile said:
Why?

Using the cup to dissolve her hillbilly heroin and forgot to wash it?

Baby was teething and she attempted to quiet him?

She used the cup to hide her drug and forgot it was in there?

She hated him and didn't want to be a grandma?

Why??
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She wanted him to go to sleep. Probably was teething...what a tragedy.
We know she didnt wanna kill him.
A little oragel, some baby tylenol and a warm bath mightve helped.
Or, dimetap...
But why not call the mother and say you cant hang?
Maybe theyd done it before?
My sister used to crush half of a tylenol pm and give it to my nephew in chocolate milk.
She stopped when vincent said: " no chocolate milk! Youre stealing my powers."
Swear its the truth!
 
The South Carolina Supreme Court Wednesday overturned the 2017 conviction of a Pickens County woman accused of killing her grandson three years earlier.

Angela Brewer had been sentenced to 20 years in the death of 13-month-old Brentley Kolbin Lusk, who died from a dose of oxycodone found in his sippy cup.

In its written decision, the Supreme Court stated that it overturned Brewer’s conviction based on a violation of her Sixth Amendment rights – specifically, the amendment’s confrontation clause, which mandates that anyone on trial be able to directly face his or her accusers.

The decision centers on a toxicology test performed on Brewer that was conducted in a different state. Brewer has maintained that she was under the influence of medication when she was interrogated on video by police following Kolbin’s death and, therefore, was not able to properly understand her rights.

In its decision, the Supreme Court wrote: “We reverse Brewer's conviction and sentence because the Confrontation Clause mandates that an individual who actually performed the forensic testing be subject to cross-examination.”

In other words, the court found that because the person who actually performed the test was not available for cross-examination during Brewer’s trial (later upheld on appeal), her defense team had no way of determining whether the test had been properly conducted.
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South Carolina Supreme Court reverses sentence in 2017 child death case

Angela Brewer was convicted in the death of her grandson, who died from a fatal dose of an opioid. The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Brewer's Sixth Amendment rights were violated during her trial.
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A Pickens woman found guilty of killing her 13-month-old grandson by giving him oxycodone in a sippy cup is set to have a new trial after her conviction was overturned last fall.
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Angela Brewer was released from the Camille Graham Correctional Institution in Columbia on Nov. 23 and has been held without bond at the Pickens County Detention Center as a pretrial detainee since then, according to officials.

The South Carolina Supreme Court in October overturned Brewer’s December 2017 conviction of homicide by child abuse, for which she was sentenced to serve 20 years in state prison. Brentley Kolbin Lane Lusk was found dead at Brewer’s home in October 2014.
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Woman still in jail after conviction in grandson’s death overturned |

Brewer set to be tried again in case By Riley Morningstar Courtesy The Journal rmorningstar@upstatetoday.com PICKENS — A Pickens woman found guilty of killing her 13-month-old grandson by giving him oxycodone in a sippy cup is set to have a new trial after her conviction was overturned last...
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