U.S. v. SEAWOOD

Nos. 97-4127, 98-1196, 98-2007.

172 F.3d 986 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald SEAWOOD, Eric Goode, and Cedric Patterson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew B. Baker, Jr. (argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Dyer, IN, for United States of America in Nos. 97-4127, 98-2007.

William T. Enslen (argued), Enslen, Enslen & Matthews, Hammond, IN, for Ronald Seawood in No. 97-4127.

Jon E. DeGuilio, Office of the United States Attorney, Dyer, IN, for United States of America in No. 98-1196.

Frederick T. Work (argued), Gary, IN, for Eric Goode in No. 98-1196.

James N. Thiros (argued), Cohen & Thiros, Merrillville, IN, for Cedric Patterson in No. 98-2007.

Before KANNE, DIANE P. WOOD, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

When something happens after a party breaks up at 3 o'clock in the morning, it usually isn't something good. That's true in spades for what happened to Jerome Mack and LaShawn Davis, who left a party at that time and were the victims of a carjacking. Davis was also brutally, and repeatedly, sexually assaulted. The three defendants on this appeal—Ronald Seawood, Eric Goode, and Cedric Patterson—were convicted, after a...

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