Sherri Lynn Wilkins Trial Sentencing Postponed After Man-On-Car Murder Charges
Sentencing has been postponed for Sherri Lynn Wilkins, the woman found guilty in the man-on-car murder case. Facing up to 45 years to life in prison, Wilkins' sentencing has been pushed back for another three months in June.
Ironically enough, 52-year-old Wilkins worked as a substance abuse counselor prior to the incident. She drove 2 miles under the influence through an L.A. suburb with a dying man on her windshield.
The deceased victim was 31-year-old Philip Moreno who was hit by Wilkins' car on the night of November 2012. Moreno was hit so hard that his body crashed part way through Wilkins' Mitsubishi.
Despite Moreno clinging on to dear life on the windshield, Wilkins continued to drive for another two miles and even made two phone calls to her husband during the time of the incident. She continued to speed past a hospital, firehouse, and gas station with Moreno's body hanging onto her car.
Spectators driving alongside Wilkins urged her to pull over. After much persuasion, she eventually complied. By the time Wilkins stopped her car to tend to Moreno, he had died.
Although the former substance abuse counselor denies being intoxicated on the night of the incident, test results tell a different story. Tests revealed traces of THC, benzodiazepine, and a blood alcohol level of 0.17, nearly twice the legal alcohol limit. Wilkins claims that she was not drunk and was simply "self-medicating" prior to undergoing knee surgery.
Wilkins insists that she did not see Moreno coming towards her on the night of the murder and it was as if he "fell from the sky." Her defense lawyers went as far as saying that Moreno deliberately leaped across the car.
Having already been convicted of two felonies in the past, Wilkins was convicted with second-degree murder, drunken driving, and hit-and-run for the man-on-car murder crime last month.
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