A Calgary judge has ruled the father of a baby girl who died of a methadone overdose should undergo a psychiatric review before he is sentenced.
Jonathon Hope and his wife, Lisa Guerin, were convicted earlier this month of failing to provide the necessities of life for their 16-month-old daughter, Summer.
She died in April 2006 after she drank the methadone her father was taking for a drug addiction.
Jonathan Hope tried for hours to revive his daughter -- including attaching electrical wires from a lamp to her chest -- instead of calling 911.
Justice Earl Wilson says his actions warrant an assessment of his mental state.
Lisa Guerin will be sentenced April 8th.
