Just a few days before the trial was scheduled to begin, a defendant from Indiana made a shocking announcement and decided to take a guilty plea.
On Friday afternoon, Jamie Weaks, now 24, pled guilty in Onslow County Superior Court to 2nd degree murder in the shooting death of 41-year-old Felicia Parker at the Budget Inn on July 31, 2018. Weaks is sentenced to 264 months to 329 months (22-27 years) in the NC Department of Adult Corrections.
The trial was scheduled to begin Monday, March 8.
In an email to The Daily News from DA Ernie Lee, Weaks went to the hotel room looking for Enoch Parker, who had cheated Weak s sister in a drug deal earlier in the day. Felicia Parker was the sole occupant at the time of the shooting when Weaks cames to the hotel and knocked on the door. When (Felicia) Parker didn t open the door, Weaks fired a 9 mm handgun three times into the room.