LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A Little Rock man was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Thursday after a jury convicted him of multiple drug offenses, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Arkansas announced.
Marquis Hunt, 42, was found guilty by a federal jury of four narcotics violations following a three-day trial. U.S. District Judge James M. Moody Jr. handed down the sentence, which includes five years of supervised release and $400 in special assessments. There is no parole in the federal system.
Hunt was indicted Aug. 6, 2024, on a third superseding indictment. The charges stem from a July 8, 2022, investigation in which an FBI special agent made contact with Hunt at a southwest Little Rock residence. Hunt was detained while authorities obtained a search warrant…