Marquis Whitmore will spend approximately 10 to nearly 14 years in prison after a Halifax County jury found him guilty this morning of felony death by motor vehicle in the December 20, 2014, traffic death of Leslie Fishel.
Jurors in the trial of Marquis Whitmore confirmed to the presiding judge they have reached one unanimous verdict.
The state intends to seek a second-degree murder conviction against Marquis Whitmore based on two theories.
Evidence in the first full day of testimony shows Marquis Whitmore was traveling between 69 to 72 miles per hour when he crashed his vehicle into a Honda driven by a 25-year-old Roanoke Rapids woman who later died from the injuries she sustained.
Marquis Whitmore this afternoon opted to stand trial for the charges lodged against him in the December 2014 traffic death of Leslie Fishel.
Documents filed by the North Carolina State Bar show a relationship between a disbarred attorney and a man who is scheduled for trial in February in the December 2014 traffic death of a Roanoke Rapids woman.
Balloons, some with handwritten messages of love, sailed upwards into a blue October sky Thursday.
A superior court judge today revoked the bond of Marquise Whitmore and remanded the Roanoke Rapids man to custody without opportunity for bond pending his trial set for the May term in Halifax.
A man whose outstanding court dates include charges in a 2014 traffic fatality, faces additional drug charges following a stop today.
The man charged in the December 20, 2014, traffic death of Leslie Fishel is in jail on $2 million secured bond after he was arrested on drug counts by the Halifax County Sheriff's Office Saturday.
