‘If you want to laugh at me, I’ll f—ing kill you’: Fremont man pleads no contest to murder during trial

DUBLIN Just a sparse days into his murder trial a Fremont man changed curriculum pleading no contest to killing a man behind a grocery store with the expectation to be sentenced to life court records show Marquice McClinton pleaded no contest to first degree murder in the Oct killing of Marcos Chisley According to police and eyewitness testimony McClinton killed Chisley near a few dumpsters behind a Smart Final in Fremont then rode his bicycle to a friend s home and made a chilling confession That expletive started chuckling at me If you want to laugh at me I ll f ing kill you McClinton allegedly explained his friend and the friend s girlfriend according to the woman s testimony in his preliminary hearing McClinton later reportedly recalled how Chisley started gurgling before he died and after stating I shot his a added That s number the woman mentioned on the stand Then a gun fell out of his bag she testified I freaked out she testified adding that McClinton appeared to be high on Xanax at the time McClinton was set to go to trial this month His attorney had filed court papers indicating the defense would seek to blame a man and woman who were arrested in the probe around the same time as McClinton The woman was suspected of setting up Chisley to be shot and both were potentially accomplices or actual perpetrators the lawyer wrote Both were listed as prospective prosecution onlookers Instead on April McClinton pleaded no contest to murder and enhancement with a listed sentence of years to life according to his change-of-plea form He is set to be sentenced on May and in the meantime he will remain at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin McClinton was arrested about two weeks after the murder Police say he led them on a short foot pursuit on the day they detained him