Legal Opinion

State of Florida v. Kristina Elaine Beaman

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 18, 2025No. 1D2024-1081Published

1Opinion of the Court

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D2024-1081 _____________________________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant, v. KRISTINA ELAINE BEAMAN, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Okaloosa County. John Jay Gontarek, Judge. June 18, 2025 WINOKUR, J. In 2021, Kristina Elaine Beaman drove under the influence and crashed into a motorcycle, killing its rider, Eric Lindsey Mills. Beaman pleaded no contest to DUI manslaughter, which carried a mandatory minimum sentence of four years in prison. Beaman’s lowest permissible…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. McKendry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  2. Kemar Rochester v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2014
  3. State v. StrazdinsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  4. MacK v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  5. State v. SchumacherDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012

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