Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced on Tuesday that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the murder conviction of Kennetha Lee Anderson, age 46, of Tuscaloosa County.
Anderson was convicted in Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court on April 26, 2022, for the murder of Quintin Benson.
“Mr. Anderson wrongly took the life of someone who he believed wronged him many years ago,” said AG Marshall. “Our criminal justice system does not allow individuals to take the law into their own hands.”
On September 15, 2019, Anderson shot and killed Benson because Benson had allegedly robbed Anderson some twenty years earlier.
Tuscaloosa County District Attorney Hays Webb’s office successfully prosecuted the case and obtained a guilty verdict. Anderson was sentenced to life imprisonment for his crime.
Anderson appealed his conviction to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.
The Attorney General’s Criminal Appeals Division handled the case during the appeals process, arguing for the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals to affirm Anderson’s conviction.
The Court found in favor of prosecutors and the AG’s office in a decision issued Friday, December 9, 2022.
Attorney General Marshall commended Assistant Attorney General John E. Owen for his successful work on this case and thanked District Attorney Webb and his staff for their valuable assistance in defending the murder conviction.
Marshall will begin his second term as Alabama Attorney General after a successful re-election campaign in 2022. Marshall was the longtime district attorney of Marshall County before being appointed AG by then-Gov. Robert Bentley in 2017.
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