MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WTVY) – The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the capital murder conviction of a Houston County man sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing his former girlfriend.
39-year-old Benjamin Adam Nowell was convicted last October in the July 7, 2022, shooting death of Brittany Phillips. His conviction will next go to the Alabama Supreme Court for review.
Investigators said Nowell followed a vehicle carrying Phillips and a man to the end of Knowles Drive on Webb, Alabama early that morning. Testimony at his 2025 trial indicated that he fired one shot, striking Phillips in the face and killing her…