Hector Ernest Jr. (Long Beach Police Department) |
LONG BEACH, Calif (KTLA) -- A man convicted of the beating death of his girlfriend's toddler son was sentenced Wednesday to 31 years to life in state prison.
Hector Ernest Jr. was charged with the death of 2-year-old Deandre G., who died March 20, 2010, as a result of blunt force trauma to the abdomen.
The boy was brought to Long Beach Memorial Hospital unconscious, and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, said Officer Jackie Bezart of the Long Beach Police Department.
The 27-year old Ernest was convicted on April 12 of one count each of assault on a child under age eight causing death and felony child abuse.
The boy's mother, Cameo Green, 23, was charged with one count of felony child abuse with an allegation that under circumstances and conditions likely to produce great bodily harm or death Green willfully caused and permitted the child to be harmed, resulting in his death.
Green ultimately pleaded guilty to the charge in March.
She was sentenced to six years in state prison.
Hector Ernest Jr. was charged with the death of 2-year-old Deandre G., who died March 20, 2010, as a result of blunt force trauma to the abdomen.
The boy was brought to Long Beach Memorial Hospital unconscious, and efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, said Officer Jackie Bezart of the Long Beach Police Department.
The 27-year old Ernest was convicted on April 12 of one count each of assault on a child under age eight causing death and felony child abuse.
The boy's mother, Cameo Green, 23, was charged with one count of felony child abuse with an allegation that under circumstances and conditions likely to produce great bodily harm or death Green willfully caused and permitted the child to be harmed, resulting in his death.
Green ultimately pleaded guilty to the charge in March.
She was sentenced to six years in state prison.
