Legal Opinion
People v. Seawright
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 15, 1992No. 1-90-0935PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE EGAN
delivered the opinion of the court:
A jury convicted the defendant, Keith Seawright, of the murder of his wife, Estralita; he was sentenced to 30 years’ imprisonment followed by a three-year period of mandatory supervised release.
Around 8 a.m. on June 23, 1986, the police were called by the defendant to his home at 262 Arcadia in Park Forest. The police found the defendant’s wife, Estralita, in bed; she had been shot twice in the face. She was revived by paramedics but died on the way to the hospital. The defendant subsequently told the police that he conspired with a…
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