Legislative News
Motion for New Trial Denied for Convicted Capital Murderer Coley McCraney
(Ozark, Alabama) –Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall released a statement following the order issued by Judge William “Bill” Filmore denying Coley McCraney’s motion for new trial. In June, McCraney was sentenced to life without parole for the murders of J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett of Houston County. McCraney was convicted on four counts of capital…
Attorney General Marshall Honored as Crime Stopper of the Year
(Birmingham) – Crime Stoppers of Metro Alabama honored Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today as the Crime Stopper of the Year for his work as the chief law enforcement officer in the state, prosecuting Capital murderers, addressing fatal flaws in the criminal justice system and providing support to our men and women in blue. The luncheon highlighted the…
Florida ex-convict arrested in 2002 killings of pregnant east Alabama woman, her 6-year-old son
By A man recently released from a Florida prison has been charged with the fatal 2002 stabbings of a pregnant east Alabama woman and her 6-year-old son, authorities said Friday. Lewis Landon Spivey, who served a 15-year-sentence in an unrelated case in Florida, is in the Cleburne County jail without bond following his arrest in the…
Attorney General Steve Marshall Announces Court of Criminal Appeals Upholds Murder Conviction in Baldwin County
For Immediate Release:June 29, 2023 (MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction of Linda Doyle, 69, of Foley, Alabama, for murder. Doyle was convicted in the Baldwin County Circuit Court on February 17, 2022. The evidence at trial showed that on the night of July 30, 2019, Doyle…
Attorney General Steve Marshall Announces Court of Criminal Appeals Upholds Capital Murder Conviction in Madison County
For Immediate Release:June 28, 2023 (MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction of Andrae Norvel, 30, of Huntsville, for capital murder. Norvel was convicted in the Madison County Circuit Court on December 10, 2021. The evidence at trial showed that on the evening of November 25, 2017, a…
Attorney General Steve Marshall Announces Court of Criminal Appeals Upholds Capital Murder Conviction in Jefferson County
For Immediate Release:June 28, 2023 (MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction of Terrance Jermaine Holder, age 43 of Jefferson County, for capital murder. Holder was convicted in the Jefferson County Circuit Court on June 17, 2022. The evidence at trial showed that Holder got into a dispute…
Attorney General Steve Marshall Announces Court of Criminal Appeals Upholds Heat-of-Passion Manslaughter Conviction in Mobile County
For Immediate Release:June 28, 2023 (MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction of James Lavondria Tunstall, age 27 of Mobile County, for heat-of-passion manslaughter. Tunstall was convicted in the Mobile County Circuit Court on May 19, 2022. The evidence at trial showed that on May 14, 2018, Tunstall…
Attorney General Steve Marshall Announces Court of Criminal Appeals Upholds Human Trafficking other related Convictions in Dekalb County
For Immediate Release:June 27, 2023 (MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Steve Marshall announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions of Rex Duard Tidmore, age 65 of Geraldine, for conspiracy to commit human trafficking, first-degree sodomy, twenty counts of possession of obscene matter depicting a minor, trafficking in cannabis, and numerous other drug-related crimes. Tidmore was…
Attorney General Steve Marshall Announces Court of Criminal Appeals Upholds Robbery Convictions in Tuscaloosa County
For Immediate Release:June 27, 2023 (MONTGOMERY)—Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions of Tavarius Eugene Wade, age 41 of Belle Glade, Florida, for robbery in the first-degree. Wade was convicted in the Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court on April 4, 2022. The evidence at trial showed that on February 16, 2008,…
Austin Hall Indicted for Capital Murder of Bibb County Sheriff’s Deputy Brad Johnson
For Immediate Release:June 16, 2023 (Montgomery) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today announced the indictment of Austin Patrick Hall, of Shelby County, in the June 29, 2022 death of Bibb County Sheriff’s Deputy Brad Johnson and the shooting of Johnson’s partner, Deputy Chris Poole. Hall is indicted on three counts of Capital Murder; one count of…
Governor Kay Ivey Issues Executive Order #716
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 716
Imposing a Temporary Moratorium on Early Parole Hearings and Requiring the Submission and Implementation of a Corrective Action Plan for the Board of Pardons and Paroles.