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The man, Glenn W. Brimmer, struck and killed bicyclist John D. Perrin in Cape Canaveral.

Evidence showed Brimmer's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit.

Legal motions and pandemic-related closures delayed the trial for seven years.

An Ocoee man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for DUI manslaughter.

Prosecutors said Glenn W. Brimmer, 46, drank at the Cocoa Beach Pier on March 2, 2018, before heading north on State Road A1A, where he struck John D. Perrin, 66, from behind.

At Brimmer’s three-week-long trial and conviction in September, evidence presented showed Brimmer’s blood-alcohol content level of .23, more than twice the state’s legal limit, along with an audio recording of Brimmer, during a field sobriety test, laughing and saying,

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