State v. Linz, Ca2008-05-052 (4-6-2009)

OPINION

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Diana Jean Linz, appeals her 14-year prison sentence imposed by the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas after she was convicted of aggravated vehicular homicide and two counts of vehicular assault.1

{¶ 2} The three felony charges were filed in this case after it was alleged that appellant, operating a vehicle while under a license suspension, recklessly caused a death and serious injuries when she failed to stop at a stop sign and struck another vehicle. The collision killed a 23-month-old child and seriously injured the child's mother and another adult in…