FULL HEARING: Alicia Andrews Sentencing, Judge Rules on Motions, Jones’ Mother Gives Statement

Añadido: 2026-05-23

[00:00:01]Okay. So, uh we we are set here for some motions on Alicia Andrews case number 24 CF11996 and the sentencing as well. Uh should it go that far? And let's go ahead and make sure everybody's here on the record.

[00:00:17]State of Florida. Mority, are you going to be representing the state?

[00:00:20]>> Yes, your honor.

[00:00:21]>> All right. And is the defense here? If you all want to please put your names on the record. Good morning, Judge Jeremy Mccclimmont on the back of Alicia Andrews.

[00:00:30]>> Okay.

[00:00:31]>> Robert Strickland on Andrews.

[00:00:33]>> Okay.

[00:00:37]>> Uh so the first thing that I that I want to address is um just to put on the record is I did read all of the transcripts that were provided to me a couple months ago. It took me a while to go through them. I successfully read all the transcripts. Um, and I I did an evidence view of the things that were in evidence. Um, there were a lot of things that were missing from from evidence because they were in the trial of the codependents up until I think Monday.

[00:01:06]Uh, my clerk did deliver to me all the items that were marked on the exhibit list that um were in possession of the clerk of the court and the codefendants case. Um and I did receive those on Monday and I did review all of all of the evidence um in this case. Uh, additionally, I had requested originally when uh, this case was transferred to me, uh, I had requested that the attorneys place all of their arguments with respect to any motions um, including motions for judgment of acquittles or motions for um, reconsideration of previous rulings by the predecessor judge in writing. I had advised council that I wanted them to place them in writing along with any case law that they were going to be relying upon. And I asked the state also to file a response to the defendant's motions because I'd advised council that I was going to make my rulings based on the written motions and the replies that the state provided to me um and the case law that you were relying upon. So, uh, I will place on the record that the court did in fact read the defendants's, uh, motion to deconsider previous pre-trial and trial rulings and second amended motion for judgment of a quiddle notwithstanding the verdict and/or motion for new trial. The court also read uh, the state's response to defendants's motion to reconsider previous pre-trial and trial rulings and second amended motion for judgment of quiddle notwithstanding the verdict and/or motion for new trial. I of course also reviewed everything that was in the court file. Um and I am going to place on the record it's the rule of judicial administration 2.330 subsection J and I think both of you all cited that rule in your motions as well as in the state's response uh that it is uh discretionary and I'll cite the rule.

[00:03:10]Um, subsection J says prior factual or legal rulings by a disqualified judge may be reconsidered and vacated or amended by a successor judge based upon a motion for reconsideration which must be filed within 30 days of the order of disqualification unless good cause is shown for a delay um in moving for reconsideration or other grounds for reconsideration exist. Uh so that is discretionary. It is not mandatory for for a judge to do that. But I will tell you um that in in this case. Um I am going to decline uh to reconsider um any of the previous rulings by my predecessor judge. And that's based upon my review of the court file, my review of the transcripts and my review of everything that council for both sides has provided to me. But I will also place on the record that I did uh go through each and every single one of the defense's assertions with respect to the previous rulings uh that my predecessor judge made with respect to for instance the admission of or non-admission of evidence with respect to domestic violence. Um, and I'm not going to go through all of them, but I know that there was disagreements with respect um to the charge conference. I know that there was disagreement with respect to the um admission of text messages. I know that there was disagreement with respect to the principal instruction.

[00:04:47]Um, and after having even reviewed all all of the defenses uh assertions as to um the defense's argument with respect to uh errors made by my predecessor judge, I'm going to place on the record that I would not have ruled any differently.

[00:05:13]So, there you have it. Um, and for the record, I'm going to deny your motion for a judgment of a quiddle, which was included in your motion for reconsideration of the previous um, rulings by the predecessor judge. And I will also place on the record that I'm going to deny um, the motion for judgment of quiddle after the jury's verdict um, as well. So at this juncture, unless there is any legal reason why either side believes that I have not addressed everything that we cannot proceed to sentencing, please speak up and I'll start with the state.

[00:05:47]>> Judge, I believe that is all the matters that we're um wait awaiting a ruling. So I think that we can proceed to sentencing >> and defense. We're still missing a ruling on the motions for new trial >> and I will deny that motion as well >> after having reviewed every the court file as well as uh the motion the defense's motion and the state's response.

[00:06:10]Uh other than that, um are there any other outstanding issues that the defense believes the court needs to address prior to legally proceeding to sentencing?

[00:06:18]>> No, judge. If all of the motions have been addressed, then there's nothing else that we need to present to the court.

[00:06:24]>> So, the the other thing that I neglected to place on the record, there was a presence investigation report that was ordered. Um, and I did read and review that as well.

[00:06:35]>> Okay.

[00:06:35]>> I'm sorry I interrupted you. Was there something else?

[00:06:38]>> Oh, I just uh before we proceed, can I have a moment with Miss Andrew?

[00:06:41]>> Sure.

[00:06:43]And I don't have I don't have um any preference as to whether or not the state has I don't know if the state has any witnesses. Is there going to want the court to hear from if you all want to go first or I don't have any preference if the defense has any witnesses uh them going first.

[00:07:00]>> Judge, we do have um the victim's mother and I told she is actually on her way up so she should be here shortly.

[00:07:07]>> Okay.

[00:07:09]Let me know then u when the defense is ready after you had an opportunity to speak with Miss Double check. that's in the file. Is that sample now means that it's in the file? If that's just attached to we Is the defense ready?

[00:09:47]>> Uh, yes.

[00:09:48]>> Okay. I just I couldn't tell. Um, >> the other thing that I want to place on the record is I received a really odd email Thursday. I have no idea what who sent me that email. Um, it does have the case style name of Miss Andrews on it, I can't make heads or tails of of um what it even means, but because I received some sort of direct email to my work email address um in reference to this case, I did make a copy for both the state and the defense. Um, and I put the uh copy in the court file.

[00:10:32]All right. So, did we decide um did did you want to go first? Did the defense have any witnesses that you all want me to hear from?

[00:10:39]>> No, judge. The defense will not be calling any witnesses.

[00:10:41]>> Okay. And so, we're waiting.

[00:10:43]>> Judge, she is here. Miss Mace is here.

[00:10:45]>> Okay. So, I'll go ahead and I'll let the state call their witnesses.

[00:10:47]>> The state would call Create. Okay.

[00:10:51]And then we'll ask our victim advocate to come up as well.

[00:10:54]>> Okay.

[00:11:02]and she can have a seat in a >> chair.

[00:11:06]I think it's easier.

[00:11:16]>> All right, ma'am. If I can once you get see if I can get you to raise your right hand right here. That's all right. Can you solve square or just tell the truth?

[00:11:25]the whole truth and not give up the truth.

[00:11:26]>> All right. You may put your hand down if I need you to state your name for the record.

[00:11:30]>> And judge, she has um provided a written statement that you would like to read for the court.

[00:11:37]>> Okay.

[00:11:42]To the honorable judge, my name is Sandria May and I'm the mother of Charles Jones, known to me as Julio Fulio. I stand before this court carrying the pain that no mother should ever have to endure. My son was more than a rapper, a public figure. He was my child. He was deeply loved by his family, for his friends, and the people who lives he touched. Since since the day he was taken from us, my life has never been the same. The actions connected to this case did not just take one life. They destroyed an entire family emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. My son was hunted, followed, and ultimately murdered in what authorities describe as a coordinated plot involving multiple individuals.

[00:12:30]It is extremely painful to hear Alicia Andrews portray herself as someone who didn't know what was going on. While evidence and testimony showed she traveled with others, tracked my son movements, and remained involved throughout the events leading to his death.

[00:12:48]Whether she pulled the trigger or not, my son would still be alive today had people not participated in carrying out this plan.

[00:13:01]A mother lives with instinct and intuition. And mine tells me that this was not ignorance. This was participation. It was calculated. They planned it on my way driving here. every second, every minute, every hour. They could have changed their mind. They could have turned around. But yet and still, they carried on the plan to hunt my son down like a deer in the woods, like they were hunting.

[00:13:31]This was loyalty to violence over humanity. My son was treated like his life did not matter. He was ambushed and rob of the chance to grow older, become a father one day, continue his career and simply live. Every birthday, holiday, and family gathering is now filled with grief. I replay the memories of my son constantly. I think about his laugh, his voice, and the moments we will never get back. The trauma from his this loss follows me every single day.

[00:14:01]No sentence will ever bring child right to me, but accountability matters.

[00:14:06]Alicia family can can see her. They can talk to her. She can see her child. But I can't see my child. I have to go to visit him in a wall at the cemetery.

[00:14:20]I ask this court to remember that behind every headline is a real family suffering permanent damage.

[00:14:28]My son life mattered. He was not disposable. The emotional devastation caused by this murder reaches far beyond the courtroom and will affect my life forever. I respectfully ask the court to impose a sentence that reflects the seriousness of the role Alicia Andrew played in the events that led to my son's death because she knowingly knew what was going on. Choices were made and those choices had deadly consequences.

[00:15:00]Thank you for allowing me to speak on behalf of my son, Charles Jones.

[00:15:06]Any questions?

[00:15:08]>> No, your honor. Does this have any questions?

[00:15:10]>> No.

[00:15:11]>> All right. Thank you. Step down.

[00:15:17]>> Judge, that's the only witness we're going to call.

[00:15:19]>> All right. Um, and the defense not intending to call any witnesses. Is that correct?

[00:15:24]>> That's correct.

[00:15:24]>> All right. Um, so I'll have to take present arguments with respect to the recommendation for sentencing.

[00:15:29]>> Yes, your honor. We did um also receive the defense motion to take judicial notice where they listed, I think, eight different cases.

[00:15:37]>> I saw that it's filed in the court file just for the record May 8th of 2026.

[00:15:42]>> And judge, I noticed that they were either manslaughter cases or leaving the scene of death. However, upon reviewing them, um, we did note that they are clearly distinguishable from the facts of this case. The majority of them were negotiated pleasure.

[00:16:00]Some of them were um that was the only reason was a negotiated plea. Um others were mental disorder or unsophisticated manner, isolated incident. And judge, we would argue that those are completely separate and distinct from the facts that you have in front of you, judge. Um this case was um originally filed as a murder too. The jury has spoken and we respect the jury's verdict. They have found her guilty of a manslaughter. Um but still the facts of this case are egregious. We are talking about a person who was hunted down. Um the people that actually pulled the trigger, they are going to be um sentenced later and held responsible for that. But what we're asking the court to do is to give this defendant accountability for her participation in this crime. And we are going to be asking for um she scores at bottom of the guidelines 9 years um prison for state prison. And we're going to be asking for a 15-year prison sentence based on the serious nature of this of this particular case and the way that it was um conducted and carried out and also based on the mother of the victim in this case also wanting a serious sentence reflective of the facts and nature of this particular case.

[00:17:25]Judge.

[00:17:26]>> All right. Thank you, defense.

[00:17:29]>> Yes. Thank you, Judge. So, we are asking the court not to give a 15ear sentence in this case. We're asking the court actually to depart downward under 921.26 section 2 B judge. And that section specifically states the defendant wasn't accomplished to the offense and was a relatively minor participant in the criminal conduct. We believe that applies here.

[00:17:54]We also believe there are some other subsections that apply, but that one in particular um just based off of the jury's verdict in this case where there are four other codefendants who were uh convicted of higher much higher offenses that were actually facing the death penalty. The state recognizes that there was a difference between those codefendants and Miss Andrews and the fact that they were convicted and are likely to be sentenced or will be sentenced to life in this case. um Miss Andrews's role after having read all the transcripts and gone to the trial is very much minor when compared to those codefendants um in this case. So, we're asking the court to go below the guidelines. The reason why I cited or filed a motion to take judicial notice of the eight cases that I did send over to the court is not because those cases are mirror images of this case. This case is probably a unicorn. I'm not based off of the motions that we filed, right? the motions for retrial and motions for reconsideration. Judge, we obviously believe that the facts of this case don't amount to a manslaughter charge. There was no manslaughter here at all in this in this case. Uh and that was argued out in the motions and so I won't go over that, but this case to find another case that's exactly like it was not really our intent, but we don't know that that would actually play it out. Uh but that's not really our intent. The intent of filing motion detection notice of these eight cases is to see a range of different sentences for people who've been convicted of either manslaughter or some sort of act that resulted in a death that wasn't an intentional act. Um and so all of those cases uh if we go down the list right state of Florida versus Vandal Steedman u that individual received seven years in the department of corrections followed by eight years of probation. He scored exactly the same amount of total sentencing points as Miss Andrews. And in that instance, he uh made a statement, a spontaneous statement at the scene to officers that he shot him.

[00:19:48]I shot him was were his words, right? Um in a situation like that, that's more obviously more egregious than any act that Miss Andrews is accused of doing or committing. Um, going down the line, uh, Francisco Veo, uh, the state of Florida, that was a 2000 case. In that situation, the victim was, uh, shot numerous times outside of a trailer park and was initially, the the defendant was initially charged with seconddegree murder. He fled down to manslaughter. He received a 5-year sentence in the Department of Corrections. He had the same amount of uh, total sentencing points as Alicia Andrew at 176. There are people who had even more total sentencing points. uh Michelle Diane Young. Uh that's the third case cited there. That individual had 180.2 total sentencing points, received a 5-year sentence in the Department of Corrections, followed by 10 years of probation. And all of these individuals that I list and and I won't go through each one, but it's all attached to the uh to the motion notice, all of their score sheets, all of their uh arrest affidavits, the judgment sentences, all these individuals, none of them got 15 years sentences. The state is asking for the max on someone who's never been convicted of anything before in her life. Um, this is her first offense and for for reasons that are cited in the motions, the respon uh the replies, Miss Andrews will be taking an appeal on the case on the on the the jury decision and the um the rulings that were made in the trial, right? And so she does intend to uh have a new trial if the court grants it. So, she's not testifying here today and no one else, no witnesses are testifying here today for that reason.

[00:21:29]So, we're asking the court not to take into account the fact that Miss Andrews is not on the stand testifying or or uh or that her parents are not on on the stand testifying on her behalf. And we're asking the court to depart below the guidelines to give her a credit chance, sir, and uh followed by 5 years of probation.

[00:21:47]>> All right. Anything else on any uh either side before I impose sentence?

[00:21:51]>> No, your honor.

[00:21:52]>> No, >> all right. All right. All right. So, the court having um obviously reviewed the uh trial transcripts, the court file, uh all the evidence in this case, the pre-sentence investigation report, um the argument of counsel, it's the judgment sentence, and order this court to adjudicate the defendant guilty, sentence her to 15 years in the Florida State Prison. You have 30 days to appeal the judgment and sentence. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. You all let me know when you're ready on Cassell, please. Okay. Thank you.

[00:22:45]Thank you so much.

[00:22:55]I'll be here.