A sad tale for everyone involved

He turned down a plea bargain offer, last year, of 10 years which would have meant that Judge harle could have granted him probation and was sentenced to 15 years to do by a jury.

He cannot receive probation because his sentence exceeds 10 years.

Obviously hind-sight says he should have taken the plea bargain.  Let the appeals begin.

Ex-cop is handed 15 years in prison

By Craig Kapitan - Express-News

Former San Antonio Police Officer David Seaton was escorted in handcuffs to a jail cell Wednesday after a jury sentenced him to 15 years in prison for the death of a colleague.

Seaton, 45, had no visible reaction as the manslaughter sentence was read on the second anniversary of the day officer Robert Davis was taken off life support.

Seaton's wife and two daughters cried silently. “It's meaningful that on his two-year anniversary we got some justice and some closure,” Davis' widow, Simona, said outside the courtroom. “We'll always have to live with ... that loss.”

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