Ala. woman pleads guilty to conspiracy charge

Published 9:37 am Tuesday, March 9, 2010

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A 46-year-old Birmingham woman has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit murder and hindering prosecution.

Yolanda Seay admitted on Monday that she conspired with two of her sons and others to kill one son’s co-defendant in a capital murder case.

Kandi Hawkins was paralyzed after she was shot in the head.

Seay’s youngest son, 18-year-old Demarius Seay, pleaded guilty last month to attempted murder and received a life term.

Another of Yolanda Seay’s sons, Martez Seay, is charged with ordering Hawkins’ killing from the Jefferson County Jail, where he was being held on a capital murder charge in the May 2009 shooting death of Lonnie Vaughn during a robbery. Hawkins also was charged with capital murder in the killing of the 44-year-old Vestavia Hills man.