Woman who drove with man body on windshield gets 25 to life
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California substance-abuse counselor who hit a man with her car and drove two miles with his body embedded in her windshield was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison.
Sherri Lynn Wilkins had pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and two drunken driving counts.
Wilkins, 55, had been found guilty at a 2014 trial on similar charges but an appeals court last year threw out the conviction because her entire criminal history had been admitted at trial and could have prejudiced the jury.
She had received the stiffer sentence of 55 years to life before her appeal.
Prosecutors then refiled charges and Wilkins pleaded no contest.
In 2012, Wilkins was a substance abuse-counselor and was driving home through Torrance when she hit and killed 31-year-old Phillip Moreno.