GUILTY AL - Kathleen "Kat" West, 42, murdered, Calera, 13 Jan 2018 *husband arrested*

[cocomod]

I love 48 hours, but I actually hate it when the story is told in a slanted view. People who didn't follow the case and trial may believe the slant, but I still believe the prosecution got this one right. I don't know why he snapped that night, but I believe this wasn't the first time DV existed - and it only takes once to kill.

 

[Marysmith]

The 48 Hours episode definitely slanted the case towards the husbands innocence.

It sure did!
I believe the prosecution. 100%.

 

[MajorHoople]

I haven't been able to find a more recent update. I don't know if the judge granted a new trial or not.

Jeff West asks judge for new trial, acquittal after being convicted in wife’s death

SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Citing “insufficient evidence” that was used against him, a former police officer who was convicted of manslaughter in his wife’s death is seeki…

www.cbs42.com

Updated: Mar 9, 2021

"Citing “insufficient evidence” that was used against him, a former police officer who was convicted of manslaughter in his wife’s death is seeking a new trial.

Jeff West, 47, was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2018 death of his wife, Kathleen “Kat” West, and sentenced to 16 years in prison in February.

Attorney for Kat West’s husband: ‘We will be looking into his wife’s double life’
The request, filed by attorney John Robbins, claimed the evidence produced during West’s trial was “insufficient to support the verdict” and “insufficient to support a finding beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty of the defendant’s guilt."

 

[carole]

I haven't been able to find a more recent update. I don't know if the judge granted a new trial or not.

Jeff West asks judge for new trial, acquittal after being convicted in wife’s death

SHELBY COUNTY, Ala. (WIAT) — Citing “insufficient evidence” that was used against him, a former police officer who was convicted of manslaughter in his wife’s death is seeki…

www.cbs42.com

Updated: Mar 9, 2021

"Citing “insufficient evidence” that was used against him, a former police officer who was convicted of manslaughter in his wife’s death is seeking a new trial.

Jeff West, 47, was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2018 death of his wife, Kathleen “Kat” West, and sentenced to 16 years in prison in February.

Attorney for Kat West’s husband: ‘We will be looking into his wife’s double life’
The request, filed by attorney John Robbins, claimed the evidence produced during West’s trial was “insufficient to support the verdict” and “insufficient to support a finding beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty of the defendant’s guilt."

I found this article, appeal denied, dated January 2022.

Appeal denied for Jeff West, convicted of killing wife, Kat West

The Alabama Supreme Court denied an appeal for William Jeffery West who was sentenced in the death of his wife, Kathleen (Kat) Dawn West.

www.wbrc.com

 

[MajorHoople]

Thanks Carole. Good job on finding that. I looked and looked and didn't see it.

 

[Niner]

Thanks Carole. Good job on finding that. I looked and looked and didn't see it.

And I added all that to my notes!