Quijije v. State

SILBERMAN, Judge.

Pedro Quijije appeals his sentences in seven circuit court cases1 and argues that the trial court erred in sentencing him because another judge had accepted his pleas. We reverse and remand for resen-tencing.

At Quijije’s sentencing hearing, he objected to Judge Hardt sentencing him and *269argued that the judge who had accepted his pleas, Judge Ellis, should sentence him. The State properly concedes that Judge Hardt erred in sentencing Quijije because Judge Ellis had accepted Quijije’s pleas and the record does not show that it was necessary for another judge to sentence him. See…