March 7, 2017 - First District Court Court of Appeal Reversed and Remanded for Resentencing Based on Fundamental Error

March 7, 2017, the Florida First District Court of Appeal reversed and remanded for resentencing before a new judge to be assigned by the Chief Judge of the Circuit the 15 year sentence imposed on Mr. Kent's client B.D. following a plea to DUI manslaughter. The case was reversed based on an unobjected to (fundamental) error that Mr. Kent raised for the first time on appeal, arguing that the trial judge reversibly erred in considering the delay the defendant put the court system through in exhausting her discovery and pretrial rights before deciding to plead guilty.  Mr. Kent argued that this violated Due Process.  The argument was strongly enough presented that the State Attorney General conceded error in its answer brief.  A copy of the decision can be found here.