MASON CITY – A judge known by many in North Iowa for extreme leniency is considering a new sentence for a man convicted as a 17-year-old of murder.
Damion Seats, now 22 years of age, was transported back to Mason City this week, where he and two other teens shot and killed Isidoro Erreguin, 28, at a North End house in August of 2008. Seats has been serving a life sentence since 2009 after being convicted of 1st degree murder. He was also sentenced to 25 years in prison – to run concurrently – for 1st degree burglary.
Now, Seats has demanded a new sentence in the case, as some say the sentence was too harsh due to the fact that Seats was not a legal adult at the time of the crime. He was in court Friday where Judge Colleen Weiland heard arguments for and against a sentence change for Seats.
Weiland – who earlier this year sentenced a Clarion man who had faced up to 25 years in prison for breaking an infant’s legs to a suspended jail sentence – is expected to make a ruling early next week.
What do you think… should Weiland go easy on Seats, or send him back to Fort Madison for life?
