Billings man sentenced for shooting houseguest dead in 2020

Robert Webster Knight, a Billings man, was sentenced after being found guilty of mitigated deliberate homicide for killing houseguest Kenneth Cobb in 2020. Jurors determined that Knight acted under extreme mental duress, though no justification for the killing existed. Separately, a man from South Boston is awaiting sentencing following a fatal shooting that occurred in Dorchester during 2023. Both cases involve legal proceedings regarding homicide charges and the determination of appropriate criminal penalties.