Legislative News
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…
Convicted Capital Murderer Coley McCraney Sentenced in 1999 Murders of J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett
For Immediate Release:June 15, 2023 (OZARK)— Today, Judge William “Bill” Filmore sentenced Coley McCraney to life without parole for the murders of J.B. Beasley and Tracie Hawlett of Houston County. In April, McCraney was convicted on four counts of capital murder, and the jury returned a sentencing verdict of life without parole. Judge Filmore also ordered…
Attorney General Marshall: SB143 Signed into Law, Preparations Begin for Implementation
Our prosecutors will be trained and ready when this law takes effect in September For Immediate Release:June 9, 2023 (Montgomery) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today applauds the enactment of SB143. The newly-minted law provides penalty enhancements for felonies committed to further the interest of any criminal enterprise or gang. It also attaches mandatory minimum…
Natalee Holloway’s mother sees Joran van der Sloot in court: ‘Wheels of justice have finally begun’
Story credit to: Natalee Holloway’s mother sees Joran van der Sloot in court: ‘Wheels of justice have finally begun’ – al.com Joran van der Sloot pleaded not guilty this morning in a Birmingham federal courtroom on charges he tried to extort the mother of missing Mountain Brook teen Natalee Holloway. Also in the courtroom were Natalee’s…
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