After successful appeal, Pittsburg man convicted again of murdering his wife

MARTINEZ — For the second time, a Pittsburg man has been convicted of murdering his spouse.

Kevin Easter, 59, was convicted earlier this month of homicide within the taking pictures loss of life of his spouse, 52-year-old Janice Easter. Authorities say Kevin Easter shot his spouse 5 occasions as she was trying to kick him out of their dwelling on Military Avenue late within the night time of Aug. 7, 2013. After the homicide, Easter feigned shock and had a relative take him to the police division to inquire how she died, and ditched the gun on his method over, authorities say.

Easter was convicted of homicide in 2015, however an appeals courtroom reversed it 4 years later. Appellate courtroom justices dominated {that a} decide was flawed to disregard indicators that Easter’s psychological well being had deteriorated to the purpose that he couldn’t help his legal professional shortly earlier than the beginning of his trial. Easter had been identified with schizophrenia however had been beforehand discovered competent to face trial.

Easter’s sentencing has been set for Jan. 20, earlier than Choose David Goldstein. Final time round, he was given a jail time period of 65 years to life.