Jury begins deliberations in Anniston murder trial

A Calhoun County jury will continue deliberations today in a murder trial where the defendant is accused of stabbing a man in 2010. Prosecutors said that on Sept. 14, 2010, 38 year oldTerrence Lamont Allen, of Anniston, is accused in the September 2010 murder of 39 year old Dimir Ranz Burton, accused of stabbing him in the head with a knife. The incident occurred after Burton attacked Allen at the Car Exchange on Quintard Avenue, where the two were employed. After the stabbing, Burton was taken to Regional Medical Center and died five days later at Trinity Hospital in Birmingham. Prosecutor Randy Moeller, of the Calhoun County District Attorney’s Office, said the knife Allen used punctured Burton’s skull and struck the man’s brain. Juror’s deliberated for nearly an hour Wednesday and will return today.

Allen faces 20 to 99 years or life in prison if convicted of murder. The jury could find him guilty of manslaughter if they don’t believe he intentionally killed Burton, in which he could serve 10 to 99 years or life in prison.