The man, who pleaded guilty to the Florida (USA) murder of rapper XXXTentacion in 2018 and agreed to testify against three other suspects who were sentenced to life in prison last April. sentenced to 7 years in prison on Wednesday.
Robert Allen was also charged in connection with the XXXTentacion deadly robbery, but last year he pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder and agreed to testify against three of his friends.
Michael Botwright, 28, one of the shooters; Dedrick Williams, 26, ringleader and getaway car driver, and Trayvon Newsom, 24, second shooter, were sentenced last April to life in prison without the possibility of review or commutation of the sentence for good behavior.
XXXTentacion died on June 18, 2018. outside a motorcycle dealership in Deerfield Beach, Florida, when a group of men who stole a bag containing $50,000 in cash were shot.
With Allen, Broward County Judge Michael Ousan was lenient and He was sentenced to seven years in prison followed by 20 years of probation for his part in the murder.
“I sincerely believe that you are sorry for what you have done, and I believe that the remorse that you have shown is sincere,” Usan Allen told a court hearing in this county north of Miami.
Allen, who faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, expressed regret to the judge and apologized to the XXXTentacion family, according to NBC Miami.
Since the convict has already spent five years behind bars since the moment of arrest, the time served in the pre-trial detention center will be credited to him.
At the trial of Boatwright, Williams and Newsom, the prosecutor presented evidence incriminating Boatwright as the shooter who killed the rapper, whose real name is Jasey Onfroy.
The killer fired several shots at XXXTentacion in his car “without any provocation,” the prosecutor said at the trial.
After seven days of deliberation, on March 30, a jury of seven women and five men unanimously found the three defendants guilty, and the verdict was read in court by Usan, the trial judge. Lauderdale, Broward County.
XXXTentación was a rising star in rap music. The platinum-certified singer addressed issues such as prejudice and depression in his songs.
The rapper was fired on June 27, 2018 by his fans in a gym in Sunrise (South Florida), where the coffin with his remains was located throughout the day.
After his death, one of XXXTensacion’s songs, “Sad!”, reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and achieved a record of 10.4 million online streams on the Spotify platform.
In December 2018, the posthumous album “Skins” was unveiled during a party in Miami hosted by the XXXTentacion Foundation and music company Empire to “honor the life, music and legacy” of the rapper.
Source: La Opinion
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