State v. Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Stegall, J.:

A jury convicted Michael R. Williams of first-degree premeditated murder in the shooting death of his housemate, Sean Christopher Putnam. The district court imposed a hard 25 sentence.

Factual and Procedural Background

In 2010, Williams lived in the same house with Deborah Weiss— who Williams described as his common-law wife—and with Putnam. On the evening of December 21, Williams called the police in an attempt to have Putnam evicted from the home, but the police refused. Later that evening, Williams shot Putnam in the head, killing him. A…