Case Name: Trimeka Shanta WOOD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2014-10-23
Citations: 148 So. 3d 557
Docket Number: No. 1D13-5829
Parties: Trimeka Shanta WOOD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: VAN NORTWICK, WETHERELL, and MAKAR, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 148
Pages: 557–557

Head Matter:
Trimeka Shanta WOOD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 1D13-5829.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 23, 2014.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, Tallahassee; Diana L. Johnson of Johnson and Lufrano, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General and Samuel Steinberg, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In this appeal, Ms. Trimeka Wood challenges her sentence based on the trial judge's statement that her sentence was based, in part, on her "continued denial of any culpability." Our precedents make clear that a sentence conditioned, even in part, on a defendant's "lack of remorse and claim of innocence" violates due process and warrants remand for resentencing before a new judge. Adkinson v. State, 133 So.3d 607, 607 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014); Dumas v. State, 134 So.3d 1048, 1048 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013); Jackson v. State, 39 So.3d 427, 428 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010); Ritter v. State, 885 So.2d 413, 414 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004).
Accordingly, we VACATE the sentence and REMAND for resentencing before a new judge.
VAN NORTWICK, WETHERELL, and MAKAR, JJ., concur.