EVANDER, J.
Redmond was sentenced to five years incarceration followed by ten years of drug offender probation after being convicted on a delivery of cocaine charge. We reject Redmond's claim that his sentence was the product of judicial vindictiveness.
The fact that the trial judge imposed a harsher sentence after trial than had been offered by the State (and made known to the judge) during pre-trial plea negotiations does not create a presumption of vindictiveness...
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