Norfolk, VA: Norfolk man gets 29 years for killing ex-girlfriend

By Janie BryantThe Virginian-Pilot© February 19, 2011
NORFOLK
Derrick A. Wade will serve 29 years in prison for shooting a woman who had ended their relationship, a judge ruled Friday.

Angela Y. Hoskie, a 37-year-old mother, was shot multiple times April 8 in her apartment on Azalea Garden Road. Police found her there after they were asked to go to her apartment to see if she was all right.

Wade, 43, pleaded guilty Nov. 4 to first-degree murder and use of a firearm.

Asha Pandya, the prosecutor, said Wade had stalked the victim and obtained a gun about two weeks before Hoskie was killed. He was not going to let Hoskie go, the prosecutor said.
Mark S. Utecht, Wade's lawyer, told the judge that his client had accepted responsibility for what he did and argued that he be sentenced to 24 years, the low-end of sentencing guidelines.

Utecht said Wade had been involved in a "long and difficult relationship" and that when it was over, " it was a shock to him," the lawyer said.

Given the chance to speak, Wade apologized to the victim's family, saying they had always been good to him.

Under the terms of a plea agreement, Wade's sentence was capped at 32 years. Circuit Judge Everett A. Martin Jr. gave Wade 30 years for the murder and three for the weapons charge, but suspended four years.