DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — Attorneys for former Decatur Police Officer Mac Marquette have filed a reply to arguments he should not be given immunity for the on-duty shooting of Stephen Perkins made by the Alabama Attorney General.
Marquette, a former Decatur Police Department officer, is charged with the Sept. 29, 2023, shooting death of Stephen Perkins during a botched repossession attempt. Marquette was indicted for murder in early 2024, and his murder trial is currently set for September.
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In a 43-page filing earlier this month, the Attorney General’s Office, acting on behalf of Morgan County prosecutors, told the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals that Marquette’s self-defense claims at this point should not lead to a granting of immunity on the murder charge.
“Marquette has not shown a clear legal right to immunity from prosecution in the shooting death of Perkins,” the AG’s office filing argues. “The circuit court correctly found that, based on Marquette’s proffer of evidence, there remain open questions regarding whether he had a legal right to be at Perkins’s house and/or was operating within the scope of his duties as a police officer at the time of the shooting—questions more appropriately decided by a jury.”…