A former Stamford teacher given a brief reprieve to spend Christmas with her three young children was sentenced for a second time to 12 years in prison for killing three people in a 2005 drunken driving accident.
Following an appeals process, a decision was released last month by the state Supreme Court that overturned an appeals court ruling and reinstated her 2007 conviction.
With tears in her eyes, Tricia Coccomo, 38, said goodbye to a dozen friends and family in a courtroom as she was led away in handcuffs by judicial marshals late Tuesday morning.
After spending about 20 minutes hugging and crying on the shoulders of friends in the courthouse lobby, Coccomo declined comment moments before she was led into the courtroom by her attorney, Robert Bello.