OPELIKA, Ala. -- A judge has denied immunity to a man who tried using Alabama's "stand your ground" law to avoid prosecution in the death of an Auburn University football player.
Lee County Circuit Court Judge Christopher Hughes issued an order Monday denying 24-year-old Markale Hart immunity from prosecution in the death of Jakell Mitchell.
Authorities have said the 18-year-old freshman from Opelika was shot after an argument outside a party at an apartment complex in December 2014. Hart, who was on probation for a burglary conviction at the time of the shooting, was charged with murder in the man's death.