FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
March 26, 2013
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
Alabama Attorney General
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AG ANNOUNCES LIFE SENTENCES FOR MANSLAUGHTER,
ATTEMPTED MURDER, ASSAULTS IN PERRY COUNTY
(MONTGOMERY) – Attorney General Luther Strange announced the sentencing of
a Uniontown man for crimes involving a death and injuries in a 2011 shooting. Lamar
Montrell Williams, 31, was sentenced to life imprisonment for each of his convictions
for manslaughter, attempted murder, and two counts of second-degree assault. In
addition, he was ordered to pay court costs, fees and restitution, and a fine of $10,000 to
the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Fund.
The Attorney General’s Office presented evidence at a trial in that began on
November 26, 2011, in Perry County Circuit Court. The shooting occurred in the early
morning hours of March 20, 2011. Eyewitnesses testified that Williams raised a
handgun and started shooting into a crowd outside of Lee’s Country Inn on County
Road 1 south of Uniontown. Jonathan Butler, 29, of Orrville, was killed, and four others
were wounded. Williams was found guilty on November 28, 2011. He was sentenced
as a habitual offender due to two previous convictions of first-degree assault for a 2006
shooting in which two victims were wounded, also in Perry County
“It is appropriate that this killer has been sentenced to serve his life in prison for
the reckless violence that destroyed one life and devastated others,” said Attorney
General Strange. “Today’s sentence provides a measure of justice for his crimes and
should serve as a warning to others.”
The case was prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Criminal Trials Division at
the recusal of the Perry County District Attorney due to a potential conflict. Attorney
General Strange commended Assistant Attorney General Andrew Arrington, and
thanked the Alabama Bureau of Investigation, the Perry County Sheriff’s Office and the
Uniontown Police Department.
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