ALEXANDER SUPGUL
NEW CANEY, Texas - A jury in Montgomery County has sentenced a New Caney resident to more than 37 years in prison in the shooting death of his brother.
William Phillip Norris Jr. was sentenced on Friday following a trial that lasted almost two weeks. The jury convicted Norris of first-degree felony murder on Thursday.
During the trial testimony, witnesses said that Norris arrived at the house where his younger brother, Steven Michael Morris, was staying and started shooting at him. Prosecutors said that William Norris was enraged when he confronted his brother.
Dan Zientek, a detective with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, testified in court that the brothers had a dispute over $2,000 that led to the shooting.
William Norris' defense attorney said that he acted in self-defense and in defense of someone else. Norris also said that he brought the gun with him for protection after allegedly finding his home ransacked.
During the trial testimony, William Norris said that because his brother was allegedly attacking his father, he fired two warning gunshots, then closed his eyes and fired five more shots to his brother's torso area. Norris said his brother was a methamphetamine user.
One of the prosecutors said that William Norris was a methamphetamine dealer with a violent record.
William Norris will not be eligible for parole until approximately 19 years into his prison sentence.
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