MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A judge Monday granted a request by prosecutors to dismiss a felony murder charge against a man accused of driving the getaway car after a fatal shooting in 2021.
The incident happened on July 22, 2021, at Berkshire Apartments on Seabreeze Court. According to police, co-conspirator Calvin Horne Jr. died after getting hit with return fire.
Prosecutors sought to hold Demarcus Jamel Longmire, Jamon Kingston Merrida and Javin Rodriguez Merrida responsible for the death under a state law that allows for a felony murder charge when a death results from illegal conduct. Longmire and Jamon Merrida pleaded guilty to robbery as part of a plea deal last month…