CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – As part of a plea deal, a Clarksville man charged with first-degree murder and a slew of other offenses has pleaded guilty to the lesser included offense of aggravated assault resulting in death.

Eric Tyreese Davis Jr. was arrested on a number of warrants in 2019, and then faced first-degree murder charges stemming from a shooting on Oct. 22, 2019, that resulted in the death of 31-year-old Ontario Marbury.

According to the court records, Davis agreed to serve 15 years at 75% but no less than 60% as part of the deal on the aggravated assault charge during an April 14 hearing in Judge William Goodman’s court. He has about 2 1/2 years of credit for time served.

This means that after about seven years in prison, Davis will be eligible for parole.

While state sentencing guidelines for aggravated assault are anywhere from three to 15 years, Davis’ attorney, Stephanie Ritchie-Mize, said that because the assault resulted in death, her client agreed to the higher penalty.

“In our case, aggravated assault is typically not an upper level felony, and Mr. Davis was a Range 1 offender because he had never been convicted of a felony,” Ritchie said. “Normally, (aggravated assault) is going to be a three- to six-year sentence.”

The deal also rectified another case against Davis Jr. from 2020, where he was charged with aggravated assault, drug possession and evading arrest. While out on bond for attempted murder, Davis led police on a foot chase that resulted in injury to a deputy with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.

At the April 14 hearing, he also pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in that case and agreed to serve three years at 30%. For the schedule II cocaine – .5 grams or greater – charge, Davis will serve six years also at 30%.

The sentences for both cases are to be served concurrently, and all other charges were dismissed, according to the court records.

“The district attorney wanted definitely to recognize the assault on the officer with the car, and I totally understood that, and they were very fair,” Ritchie-Mize told Clarksville Now of the deal.

Clarksville Now has reached out to the District Attorney’s Office for comment.