Hyannis Killer's Murder Conviction Upheld By SJC

HYANNIS, MA – One of two men found guilty of first-degree murder in connection with a 2012 killing in Hyannis will remain behind bars after the state Supreme Judicial Court upheld his murder conviction Friday. Steven Webster, of Dorchester, was sentenced to life in prison for the fatal shooting of 27-year-old Andrew Stanley.

Stanley was found dead in a home on Otis Road on July 11, 2012. He had been bound, beaten and shot, according to the Cape Cod Times.

Webster and Eddie Mack, Jr., of Roxbury, were convicted in 2016 of first-degree murder, armed assault and a dwelling, armed robbery and carrying a firearm without a license. Two other men, Hyannis resident Keiko Thomas and Quincy resident David Evans, were found guilty of manslaughter and other charges in connection with the killing.

But Webster challenged the evidence used to convict him, questioning the use of tire impressions and cell phone records to establish that he was at the scene of the murder. He also claimed he was entitled to a "consciousness of guilt" instruction from the judge.

The Supreme Judicial Court upheld the original conviction in its decision Friday, writing, "we have reviewed the record and discern no basis to set aside or reduce the verdict of murder in the first

degree or to order a new trial."

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