According to the Fresno Bee, a judge has denied a request to sentence a woman pleading guilty to 21 sex felonies involving 14- and 15-year-old boys to one year in the county jail.

A Tulare woman who plead guilty to multiple sex-related charges involving two teenage boys was ready to accept her sentence Monday, but a Tulare County judge put a stop to it. Now, instead of serving a possible year in county jail, Coral Lytle, 41, could be sent to prison for 17 years. Lytle was charged with 21 felony counts, including unlawful sexual intercourse, oral copulation and contacting a minor for sex.

The teenage boys were friends of her daughters, prosecutors said. If she violates the terms of her probation, should would be sentenced to six years in prison. Hagopian believes the judge was pressured by the Tulare County District Attorney’s Office prosecutors, who were pushing for a harsher sentence. If found guilty on all charges, the maximum prison term for Lytle would be 17 years.