November 4, 2013
(Anderson, SC). Steven Randall Cobb pled guilty today in Anderson General Sessions Court to Voluntary Manslaughter. The Honorable Cordell Maddox sentenced him to 23 years in prison.
On July 11, 2011, the defendant was a passenger in a vehicle belonging to Raymond Diehl. A second passenger in the car stated that the defendant and Diehl began arguing when Cobb pulled out a pistol and shot Diehl 7 times. The victim crashed the car into a fence. Mr. Diehl stumbled onto the roadway where he was found a couple of hours later by a paper route driver. The victim died on the way to the hospital. Both the defendant and the second passenger escaped the scene through the windows of the wrecked car. Cobb made threats against the family of the second passenger if he said anything about the incident. Once they made it to the defendant’s mother’s home, the defendant got into the shower and the eyewitness called for friends to come pick him up. The witness then contacted law enforcement and gave them a statement about what had transpired. All of the forensic evidence supported the statement of the witness that Cobb had in fact killed Diehl.
“Steven Randall Cobb has been in trouble with the law for many years,” stated Solicitor Chrissy Adams. “His criminal history is extensive and has become increasingly more violent. Today’s sentence will keep him off the streets of Anderson County for a very long time.”