Rutland Day Care Provider Appeals Conviction in Infant’s Antihistamine Death

 A Rutland day care provider convicted of providing a fatal dose of a nonprescribed antihistamine to a 6-month-old wants a new trial. Stacy Vaillancourt was sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison last March after a jury found her guilty of manslaughter and child cruelty charges. Harper Rose Briar died in 2019 after a deadly dose of a common cold remedy that can cause drowsiness. In their appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court Wednesday, her lawyers say the state’s evidence had significant gaps and that certain evidence presented to the court was unfair and emotionally charged. The Vermont Supreme Court typically takes a few months to rule on most cases.