Judge Kyle Brown sentenced Hester to 20 years in prison split with 4 1/2 years to serve with the remainder suspended for five years. If Hester reoffends after he is released, he will have to serve the full 20 year sentence in prison.

Hester was accused of capital murder in an ambush style killing of JT Call on John Street in Tuscumbia. Call was found behind the wheel of a pickup truck with a gunshot wound to the head. Hester has been incarcerated since September of 2019. The murder reportedly occurred while Hester was on parole. This according to courthouse records.

After his Tuesday hearing, Hester was taken back to the Colbert County Jail where he will await transfer to Kilby Correctional Facility to be processed into the Alabama Department of Corrections.

Hester was represented by appointed counsel Nathan Johnson and Sheila Morgan. The state was represented by the Alabama Attorney General’s Office.

TUSCUMBIA–(SHOALSINSIDER) Officials have set a trial date for a man accused of murdering a Sheffield man.
According to court records, Richard Kevin Hester, 54, of Little Rock Avenue, Sheffield, was indicted by a Colbert County Grand Jury in January of 2020 for Capital Murder in the shooting death of John Thomas Call, also known as JT, 36, of Pinehurst Blvd, Sheffield.

Authorities say Call was lured to a home in Tuscumbia where he was ambushed and fatally shot in a truck by Hester on September 2, 2019.
Hester is scheduled to stand trial on June 7 in Judge Jacqueline Hatcher’s courtroom.

Hester, who is being held in the Colbert County Jail without bail, is also facing multiple drug charges.

He is being represented by Colbert county attorneys Sheila Morgan and Nathan Johnson.

By Jeff Roland – Publisher of ShoalsInsider.com