TAMPA, Fla. (Court TV) – A woman convicted of traveling with her boyfriend to kill rapper Julio Foolio smiled at her sentencing and appeared unaffected as a judge sentenced her to prison.
Alicia Andrews appears at sentencing on May 22, 2026. (Court TV)
While Alicia Andrews, 23, had faced charges of first-degree murder, the jury found her guilty of the lesser charge of manslaughter at her trial in October 2025. After her conviction, Andrews successfully had the judge who presided over her trial removed from her case, arguing on appeal that Judge Michelle Sisco “exhibited overt hostility toward the defense” during the trial.
On Friday, Andrews appeared before Judge Kimberly Fernandez; her attorneys renewed motions Sisco denied and asked Fernandez to overturn the defendant’s conviction. Fernandez refused, saying that she had reviewed all the prior filings and transcripts in the case. “After having reviewed all of the defense’s assertions as to the defense’s argument as to errors made by my predecessor judge, I’m going to place on the record that I would not have ruled any differently.”…