A Katy man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for a 2021 murder at a motel in west Houston.
Derek Maurice Singleton, 25, pleaded guilty to murder on the eve of trial on Friday in the death of 22-year-old Eric Soniat in a car in the parking lot of a motel in the 14800 block of Park Row at about 6 p.m. on April 2, 2021.
The Harris County District Attorney’s Office said Singleton was meeting with Soniat and another man to buy a bag of marijuana when Singleton opened fire and shot both men several times. Soniat was killed. The other man survived and told police what happened. The terms of the agreement means Singleton cannot appeal the conviction or the sentence. He must serve at least half of the prison sentence before he will be eligible for parole.
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