ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A 35-year-old man was sentenced to spend 40 years to life in prison on Monday, after being convicted of second-degree murder for the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Shaquan Parker in Rochester nearly three years ago. Marlon Williams was found guilty of the crime in 2024. In court Monday, Williams maintained his innocence and repeatedly told the judge "Only God can judge me." Marlon Williams walks into the courtroom on Monday, March 17, 2025, for his sentencing. (WROC/Emalee Burkhard) Shooter found guilty in Wellington Avenue murder "I haven't gotten a fair grand jury. You have a duty - you have a duty to be impartial and unbiased, and here it is, you're being biased," Williams said when addressing the judge during his sentencing on Monday. Judge Thomas Moran: "I've watched you -" Marlon Williams: "You know me right?" Judge Thomas Moran: "If you would allow me the same courtesy I gave you..." Marlon Williams: "Thomas Moran. Everybody - everybody knew who - " Judge Thomas Moran: [Points to the door] "Transport." Marlon Williams: "Everyone who served...[unintelligible, talking over Judge Moran]" Prosecutors said Williams was a repeat offender, and "should have never possessed a firearm." "They [the family of Shaquan Parker] have been frustrated by having to come to court repeatedly, and repeatedly, and repeatedly and just listen to Marlon Williams speak, and most of the time it was not about anything related to the case. It was not relevant in any way to the charges against him. Judge Moran did a great job of letting him, y'know. have his defense and have his chance in court, but he abused that a little bit," said Assistant District Attorney Patrick Gallagher. Background On July 15, 2022, around 10 a.m., Shaquan Parker was found in a backyard on Wellington Avenue in the city with gunshot wounds to his torso. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The scene on Wellington Avenue near Frost Avenue on July 15, 2022. (WROC photo) Investigators said Williams was driving a vehicle when he saw Parker on Wellington Avenue that morning and shot at him multiple times from the vehicle, striking Parker twice. According to investigators, Williams sought Parker out. Williams was identified as the shooter and arrested on Sept. 5, 2023. Officers recovered an illegal firearm from him at the time, later confirming it was the same weapon used to kill Shaquan Parker the year prior. ...read more read less