Chapter 20 - Sentencing
Factors against him:
Planning.
Tampering with newborn identification.
Use of an uninvolved infant.
Assault on a six-year-old witness.
Custody-related motive.
Professional sophistication.
Factors in mitigation:
No prior criminal record.
Switch detected quickly.
No infant suffered physical injury.
No incorrect medication administered.
No child permanently removed.
Guilty plea.
Cooperation with hospital investigation after charging.
Sentence:
Four years imprisonment.
Twenty-two months suspended.
Twenty-six months to serve.
Three years supervised probation.
Parenting contact subject to family-court orders.
No attempt to interfere with medical identification systems or patient records.
Restitution for certain documented costs not otherwise recovered.
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No order permanently barring him from his children.
Family court, not criminal sentencing alone, would decide long-term parenting.
