Alabama Attorney General Pushes for Trial of Ex-Officer Accused of Murdering Decatur Man
DECATUR, ALABAMA, JUL 10 – Attorney General Steve Marshall urges denial of prosecutorial immunity for ex-officer Mac Marquette to allow a jury trial over the Sept. 29 fatal shooting of Stephen Perkins.
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Attorney General pushes for court to deny immunity for ex-officer
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has filed a brief with the Court of Criminal Appeals urging it to deny former Decatur police officer Mac Bailey Marquette’s request for prosecutorial immunity in the shooting death of Stephen Perkins. The 43-page document, filed by Assistant Attorney General Kristi Wilkerson, argues that Marquette has not demonstrated a “clear legal right to immunity” under Alabama’s stand-your-ground law and that a jury …
Alabama AG pushes for trial of ex-officer accused of fatally shooting armed man
The Alabama Attorney General opposes immunity for a former police officer charged with murder. The officer, Mac Marquette, shot and killed Stephen Perkins, an armed Black man, in his front yard in September 2023. On Tuesday, the attorney general argued…
Alabama attorney general pushes for trial of ex-officer accused of murdering Decatur man
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former Alabama police officer charged with murder for shooting an armed Black man in the man's front yard during a dispute with a tow-truck driver shouldn't be granted immunity before going to trial, the state's…
Alabama Attorney General pushes for ex-Decatur police officer to face murder trial in Steve Perkins’ death
A former Alabama police officer charged with murder for shooting an armed Black man in the man’s front yard during a dispute with a tow-truck driver shouldn’t be granted immunity before going to trial, the state’s attorney general says.
Alabama attorney general pushes for trial of ex-Decatur officer charged with murder
MONTGOMERY — A former Decatur police officer charged with murder for shooting an armed Black man in the man's front yard during a dispute with a tow-truck driver shouldn't be granted immunity before going to trial, the state's attorney general…
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