B'klyn mom accused of starving daughter to death gets lashed by judge

New York Post Wednesday 2nd February, 2011

A Brooklyn mother accused of killing her emaciated 4-year-old daughter told a judge on Wednesday she’s "starving" for a speedy start to her murder trial.Instead Carlotta Brett-Pierce, 30, got a dressing down from the judge after the prosecution revealed Brett-Pierce violated a court order by sending letters to her surviving children, one of whom is a witness in the case.Brett-Pierce told Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Patricia DiMango she sent the letters to her kids – ages 1 and 5 – to "tell them I love them."DiMango was unimpressed.If you violate that order of protection from today forward I will deal with it more harshly than you can think," DiMango said.

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