A Carbon County woman was sentenced to a state prison term on Tuesday in Carbon County court in the death of her infant son.

Tory Lyn Schlier, 21, of Lehighton, was sentenced by Judge Steven R. Serfass to serve 15 to 60 months in a state correctional institution on a charge of involuntary manslaughter.She was also sentenced to serve an additional state prison time on probation/parole violations, running consecutive to the first sentence.Schlier pleaded guilty to the charge and did not dispute the probation/parole violations that were filed against her by the adult probation office.State police at Lehighton charged Schlier in the death of her then 6-week-old (actual 42 days) son, Brayden Allen Cummings. The incident occurred on Oct. 17, 2014.An autopsy revealed the child died of asphyxia while sleeping with Schlier. Police said she fell asleep on top of the boy suffocating him. She was addicted to drugs and authorities believed she was high when she fell asleep on her son.Attorney Jennifer Rapa, of the public defender's office, told Serfass that the death was the result of Schlier's drug addiction and abuse. She told the court, "This is a real rock-bottom day for Miss Schlier."She added, "She is thankful for every moment she had to spend with her son."Rapa said Schlier must deal with the fact she caused the death of her son for the rest of her life. She said Schlier "will never forget him."She said her client has tried to move on by getting counseling at the prison and working to get her general education diploma.Schlier read a letter she written to the court."I stand here today to take full responsibility for what I did to my son."She said she will never forget her son and will "celebrate his birthday every year."District Attorney Jean A. Engler told the court it was an extremely sad case.She said she hoped it is a lesson that caregivers and drug users learn that "the use of drugs resulted in this tragedy."Serfass said, "This is a tragic situation that brings us here today. I have no doubt that you grieve for your son."He said he was happy she was addressing her drug problem and was remorseful about what happened.But, Serfass added, she had to be punished with a long prison term.He said the facts of the case showed she was using drugs and fell asleep on her son causing his death, which is something the court can't ignore.Schlier was on probation and parole at the time of her arrest in the case and the probation office filed a petition to revoke her from both placements.Yesterday Schlier did not dispute the probation office petitions.In one case, when she was on probation, Serfass resentenced her to serve her "street time," which was 215 days, and on the second case, in which she was on parole, to serve 6 to 18 months with the terms running consecutive to each other and consecutive to the state prison term.She was also ordered to get both a drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations, zero tolerance imposed on drug and alcohol use, supply a DNA sample, and pay court costs of about $1,000.She was given credit for 252 days already spent in jail on the charge.