Jurors to hear closing arguments today in Anniston Murder trial

The prosecution completed its case Monday against Nicholas Smith, one of three men charged in the 2011 murder of Wellborn elementary school teacher Kevin Thompson.  Defense attorneys declined to present any witnesses or testimony Monday and the jurors are set to hear closing arguments today.   Smith is accused of stabbing Kevin Thompson to death. Thompson’s body was discovered in the early morning hours of April 23, 2011, behind a guardrail on U.S. 278 in Cherokee County. Prosecutors say Smith and two other men, Tyrone Thompson and Jovon Gaston, robbed the 29-year-old of $400 at gunpoint before they cut his throat and stabbed him multiple times in the chest.  The other two suspects have yet to stand trial.