JACKSON, MI – A judge sentenced a woman to two to five years in prison for suffocating her infant daughter to death while sleeping on a couch after a night of drinking.

Amanda Redman is the poster child of an unfit mother, Jackson County Circuit Judge John McBain said Wednesday, April 16, and gave Redman the longest minimum sentence recommended by state guidelines.

Redman's 27-day-old daughter, Amillia Redman, died early April 2, 2013, of "compression asphyxiation," meaning pressure on her airways prevented her from breathing, a doctor earlier testified. Amanda Redman woke to find the girl beneath her chest on the sofa at her home in Blackman Township.

She had split a fifth of brandy with a friend the night of April 1, she told Blackman-Leoni Township public safety Detective Joseph Merritt.

Amillia was Redman’s seventh child. Her rights to all her children have been terminated in cases dating back to 2001.

Most recently, a judge permanently separated Redman from three children, ages 5, 8 and 10. They were placed in their fathers' care.

In the case of Amillia, prosecutors never contended Redman acted intentionally. Her actions amounted to “gross negligence,” meaning she failed to exercise care, knowing it could result in danger.

Police found in her home a “safe sleep instructions” pamphlet that had been given to Redman shortly before her daughter’s death.