Case Name: Barbara Lynne MCDOWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-03-07
Citations: 211 So. 3d 373
Docket Number: CASE NO. 1D16-3227
Parties: Barbara Lynne MCDOWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: MAKAR and WINSOR, JJ., and BROWN, JOHN T., ASSOCIATE JUDGE, CONCUR.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 211
Pages: 373–373

Head Matter:
Barbara Lynne MCDOWELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
CASE NO. 1D16-3227
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Opinion filed March 7, 2017
William Mallory Kent, Jacksonville, for Appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General and Anne C. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant challenges her fifteen-year prison sentence for DUI manslaughter. She argues that the trial court committed fundamental error in suggesting that her sentence may have been different had she cooperated and admitted guilt at an earlier stage of the case. The State appropriately concedes that Appellant is entitled to relief. Accordingly, we VACATE the sentence and REMAND with instructions for Appellant to be resentenced before a different judge. See Dumas v. State, 134 So.3d 1048, 1048 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013); Ritter v. State, 885 So.2d 413, 414-15 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004).
MAKAR and WINSOR, JJ., and BROWN, JOHN T., ASSOCIATE JUDGE, CONCUR.