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 should decide unresolved factual disputes.
The shooting occurred in the early hours of Sept. 29, 2023, when Marquette and two other officers accompanied a tow truck driver attempting to repossess Perkins’ pickup truck. Body camera footage shows officers emerging from concealment and identifying themselves as police just before Marquette fired 18 rounds in less than two seconds, killing Perkins…