MENDOCINO COUNTY, Calif. – On Wednesday a jury found that a Redwood Valley man who shot to death his musician neighbor in January was legally sane at the time of the murder.
The jury last week already had found that Billy Norbury, 34, was guilty of the murder of 30-year-old Jamal Andrews on the night of Jan. 24, according to the office of Mendocino County District Attorney David Eyster.
Norbury was convicted of a count of first-degree murder and a special allegation that he used a 30-30 Winchester rifle to shoot and kill Andrews.
After handing down that conviction, the jury took up the matter of his sanity, making its finding on Wednesday, Eyster’s office reported.
Firefighters found Andrews shot to death outside of his home after being dispatched to his home as the result of a 911 call.
Norbury had fled the scene on an ATV and returned to his home, where deputies found him, according to the original report from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office.
Norbury had shot Andrews twice, once in the head and once in the shoulder, officials reported.
Andrews, who was born and raised in Mendocino County, performed in three musical groups and left behind a fiancée and their young son.