A woman found guilty of manslaughter in connection with the 2024 murder of Florida rapper Julio Foolio will be sentenced later than expected.
The woman, Alicia Andrews, was found guilty of manslaughter in October following an eight-day trial. She was not convicted of first-degree murder.
Andrews and other defendants had been accused by prosecutors of following Foolio, 26, to several locations on the day he was fatally shot. While the other defendants are slated to stand trial next year, Andrews was originally scheduled to be sentenced in Florida court on Monday (Dec. 8).
The sentencing did not take place as planned, however. Court TV noted that that legal reps for Andrews, who’s facing as many as 15 years behind bars, argued in a filing days earlier that the court should be disqualified from “any further participation” in the case. She also asked for her sentencing to be delayed.
In court documents viewed by Complex, the defendant’s legal team called for the disqualification of Judge Michelle Sisco from the case.
When reached for comment by Complex, Jeremy McLymont, who's representing Andrews, said the team requested a delay in sentencing "to ensure that Ms. Andrews' rights are protected."
Prosecutors had alleged that Foolio’s killing was connected to gang activity. When delivering his closing remarks in October, McLymont disputed this argument.
“The state sees Alicia as some gangster queenpin,” he argued at the time. “They see her as someone who has bright red hair [and] bad tattoos who hangs out with gangbangers, gang members, gang associates; an individual who’s cold and heartless. But perception is not reality. ... Alicia Andrews is an individual, a young individual, a young woman. She’s well-spoken, she’s mild-mannered, she’s brave, she’s strong, and she’s a respectable woman as you saw when she took the stand. She is not a gang member. She is not a gang associate.”