XXXTentacion's convicted killers sentenced to life in prison

Michael Boatwright, 28, Dedrick Williams, 26, and Trayvon Newsome, 24, had been every convicted final month of first-degree homicide and armed theft by a jury following eight days of deliberations.

Prosecutors had not sought the demise penalty, so life in jail was the one sentence that Broward County Circuit Judge Michael Usan may impose for the first-degree homicide convictions.

Dedrick Williams, left, Trayvon Newsome, heart, and Michael Boatwright had been discovered responsible of first-degree homicide of XXXTentacion on the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, March 20, 2023. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel through AP, Pool) (AP)

During the month-long trial, prosecutors linked Boatwright, Williams and Newsome to the June 18, 2018, taking pictures exterior Riva Motorsports in suburban Fort Lauderdale via intensive surveillance video taken inside and out of doors the shop, plus cellphone movies the lads took displaying themselves flashing fistfuls of $100USD payments hours after the slaying.

Prosecutors additionally had the testimony of a fourth man, Robert Allen, a former pal of the defendants who stated he participated within the theft. He pleaded responsible final yr to second-degree homicide.

His sentence was delayed till the conclusion of the opposite three defendants’ trial.

Allen’s sentence may very well be as little as time served — which means he may quickly be launched — or so long as life, relying partly on how a lot weight prosecutors give to his help.

Defense attorneys accused Allen of being a liar who was motivated by his want to keep away from a life sentence.

Trayvon Newsome is handcuffed after he was discovered responsible of first-degree homicide of rising rapper XXXTentacion on the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale on Monday, March 20, 2023. XXXTentacion, born Jahseh Onfroy, 20, was killed throughout a theft exterior of Riva Motorsports in Deerfield Beach in 2018. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun-Sentinel through AP, Pool) (AP)

Attorney Mauricio Padilla talks to his consumer Dedrick Williams throughout the fifth day of jury deliberation within the XXXTentacion homicide trial on the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Emerging rapper XXXTentacion, born Jahseh Onfroy, 20, was killed throughout a theft exterior of Riva Motorsports in Deerfield Beach in 2018 allegedly by defendants Michael Boatwright, Trayvon Newsome and Williams. (Car (AP)

They additionally stated prosecutors and detectives did a poor job on the investigation and did not take a look at different potential suspects, together with the Canadian rap star Drake, who had feuded with XXXTentacion on-line.

XXXTentacion, whose actual identify was Jahseh Onfroy, had simply left Riva Motorsports with a pal when an SUV swerved in entrance of him and blocked his BMW.

Surveillance video confirmed two masked gunmen rising and confronting the 20-year-old singer on the driver’s window, with one taking pictures him repeatedly.

They then grabbed a Louis Vuitton bag containing money that XXXTentacion had simply withdrawn from the financial institution, obtained again into the SUV and sped away.

The rapper’s pal was not harmed.

Boatwright was recognized as the first shooter and Newsome was accused of being the opposite gunman.

Williams was accused of driving the SUV and Allen of being contained in the automobile.