BREAKING Alicia Andrews Sentenced To The MAX By The New Judge!

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:01]into his death. Whether she pulled the trigger or not, my son would still be alive today had people not participated in carrying out this plan.

[00:00:14]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. 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.

[00:00:53]Every birthday, holiday, and family gathering is now filled with grief. I replay the memories of my son constantly. I think for his laugh, his voice, and the moments we will never get back. The trauma from his this loss follows me every single day. No sentence will ever bring charge right to me. But accountability matters. Alicia family can can see her. They can talk to her.

[00:01:15]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.

[00:01:23]I asked this court to remember that behind every headline is a real family suffering permanent damage. 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 asked the court to impose a sentence that reflect 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. Thank you for allowing me to speak on behalf of my son Charles Jones.

[00:02:03]Any questions? No, you're have any questions?

[00:02:07]>> No, judge.

[00:02:07]>> All right. Thank you. Have a second.

[00:02:12]Judge, that's the only witness you're going to call.

[00:02:14]>> All right. Um, and the defense not not intending to call any witnesses. Is that correct?

[00:02:18]>> That's correct.

[00:02:19]>> All right. Um, so I'll have to take present arguments with respect to the recommendation for sentencing.

[00:02:23]>> Yes, your honor. We did um also receive the defense motion to take judicial notice where they listed I think eight different cases.

[00:02:30]>> I saw that it's filed in the court file just for the record May 8th of 2026. 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 please and had reasons for a downward departure. 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 Florida 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.

[00:04:04]Judge.

[00:04:05]>> All right. Thank you, >> defense.

[00:04:07]>> Yes. Thank you, judge. So, we are asking the court not to give a 15ear sentence in this case. We're asking for action to depart downward under 921.0026 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.

[00:04:29]We also believe there are some other subsections that apply, but that one in particular um just based off of the jury's burden 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 courts, [clears throat] 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 the motions for reconsideration. Judge, we obviously believe that the facts of this case don't amount to a manslaughter charge.

[00:05:23]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 fair it out. Uh but that's not really our intent. The intent of filing motion judicial 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 Van Go 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. I shot him is what 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 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 toilet park and was initially the the defendant was initially charged with seconddegree murder. He pled 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 Ann at 176. There are people who had even more total sentencing points. Uh Michelle Diane Young, uh that's the third case there, that individual had 180.2 total sentencing points, received a 5year 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 significant notice. All of their score sheets, all of their u arrest affidavits, the judgment and sentences, all these individuals, none of them got 15ear 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 obvious for for reasons that are cited in the motions, the respon uh the replies, Miss Andrews will be taking an appeal on the case under 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 pled court grants it. So she's not testifying here today and no one else witnesses are testifying here today for that reason. 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 the stand testifying on her behalf. And we're asking the court to depart below the guidelines to give her a credit time, serve, and uh followed by 5 years of probation.

[00:07:52]>> Anything else from any uh either side before I impose sentence?

[00:07:55]>> No, your honor.

[00:07:56]>> No.

[00:07:56]>> 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 council, it's the judgment sentence in 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.

[00:08:27]Yes.

[00:08:51]Yes.