Legal Opinion
People v. Eaglin
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 15, 1992No. 3-91-0040PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gorman
Kenneth L. Eaglin was charged by information with one count of solicitation of murder for hire. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 38, par. 8—1.2.) He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to 34 years’ imprisonment.
The State alleged that Eaglin solicited an undercover officer to commit first degree murder. The victim was to be Joan C. Scott, the Fulton County State’s Attorney. Eaglin’s purported animosity arose from an attempt by Scott to remove Eaglin’s children from his household under charges of neglect. These custody battles, which ran from 1987 until March of 1990, included the filing by Scott…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mathews v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- People v. ThurmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
- People v. FlemingIllinois Supreme Court · 1971
- People v. GillespieIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
- People v. CareyAppellate Court of Illinois · 1981
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Kenneth Eaglin v. George C. Welborn, Warden, and Roland W. Burris, Attorney General of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Shan Fieldman v. Christine BrannonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2020
- Kenneth Eaglin v. George C. Welborn and Roland W. BurrisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
- Gray v. PfisterDistrict Court, C.D. Illinois · 2013
- Kenneth Eaglin v. George C. Welborn, Warden, and Roland W. Burris, Attorney General of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
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