By Lawrence Buser
Posted January 29, 2010 at 5:10 p.m. , updated January 29, 2010 at 9:44 p.m.
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An ex-boyfriend who said he did not intentionally run over and kill his rival in 2008 was convicted Friday on a reduced charge of criminally negligent homicide.
Marcus Hill may get out of jail before the snow and ice melt since he has been in jail nearly as long as the maximum sentence he faces for the low-level felony. He will be sentenced Wednesday.
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Hill, 26, was convicted in the death of Terriance Hall, 25, who was struck by Hill's vehicle outside the home of Tiffany Davis, Hill's former girlfriend who then was dating Hall.
The incident occurred May 3, 2008, in the 4800 block of Farmwood near the Southland Mall in Whitehaven.
Hill, who also ran over Davis' foot during the incident, told the Criminal Court jury that he did not intentionally try to injure anyone and that the Cadillac Escalade he was driving that afternoon seemed to take off on a path of its own.
He was acquitted of attempted murder and aggravated assault charges by jurors who deliberated Thursday evening and nearly all day Friday.
Hill, who was represented by attorneys Arthur Horne and Murray Wells, would have been sentenced to life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder as charged.
Instead, he faces a maximum of two years in prison with parole eligibility after serving less than five months.
Hill, however, has been in jail some 20 months since the incident and could become a free man when he is sentenced Wednesday by Judge Carolyn Wade Blackett.
-- Lawrence Buser: 529-2385
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