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Michael Boatwright | |
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| Born | September 12, 1995 |
| Occupation | Landscaper (former) |
| Known for | Murder of XXXTentacion |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated |
| Motive | Robbery[a] |
| Conviction(s) | |
| Details | |
| Victims | Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, aged 20 |
| Date | June 18, 2018 |
| Location(s) | Deerfield Beach, Florida |
| Weapon | .22 LR semi-automatic pistol |
Date apprehended | July 10, 2018 |
Michael Boatwright (born September 12, 1995) is an American murderer who was convicted for robbing and murdering rapper and singer-songwriter Jahseh Onfroy, commonly known as XXXTentacion, in Deerfield Beach, Florida on June 18, 2018. After robbing XXXTentacion, Boatwright shot him six times without provocation and left him to die in his car.
Boatwright was arrested on July 10, 2018 in connection with the murder. Boatwright had been arrested multiple times prior. He was tried with two of his co-defendants in February to March 2023. On March 20, 2023, the jury found him guilty of premeditated first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm. He is currently awaiting sentencing, but faces a presumptive sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Earlier crimes
[edit]Boatwright had been arrested multiple times prior to the murder of XXXTentacion, mainly on drug charges. In 2013, he was arrested in Broward County for assault or battery on specified officials or employees. The same year, he was arrested again for selling cocaine or heroin within 1,000 feet of a school zone. For these charges, he was put on community control.
In 2015, Boatwright was arrested again for possession of cannabis and PVP, which also counted as a violation of his community control. Boatwright had already been in jail for an arrest on unrelated drug charges before he was charged with the murder of Jahseh Onfroy.[1][2][3]
Murder of XXXTentacion
[edit]On June 18, 2018, Boatwright had been in a rented car with his fellow co-conspirators: Trayvon Newsome, Dedrick Williams, and Robert Allen. The four were driving around, looking for someone to rob, and Williams recognized Jahseh Onfroy, a.k.a. XXXTentacion, and the four tracked and targeted him. The four eventually trapped Onfroy in his own car with their rental car, and Boatwright and Newsome robbed Onfroy, stealing Onfroy's gold chain and his Louis Vuitton bag containing $50,000. Boatwright then walked one or two feet back, looked Onfroy in the eyes, and shot him six times, murdering him.[4][5][6]
Trial
[edit]Michael Boatwright went to trial with two of his co-defendants: Trayvon Newsome and Dedrick Williams on February 7, 2023, nearing five years after the murder. His third co-defendant, Robert Allen had previously taken a plea deal for second-degree murder for his testimony against Boatwright, Newsome, and Williams. Boatwright's attorney claimed in his opening that the fact that Boatwright searched "accessory to murder" proved he was innocent, but this was later disproven by Allen, who said that Boatwright searched it because he misinformed Allen that Allen could only be charged with accessory rather than actual murder.[7] A DNA analyst testified that Boatwright's DNA on the mask used in the murder was rarer than one in 929 nonillion.[8]
On March 10, 2023, the eighth day of jury deliberations, Boatwright and his two other co-defendants were found guilty on all counts. He now awaits sentencing and faces a presumptive sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
| People v. Shakur | |
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| Full case name | The People of the State of New York v. Tupac Amaru Shakur |
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| Prosecution | Francine James |
| Defense | Michael Warren |
| Case history | |
| Subsequent action | Shakur sentenced to 1+1⁄2 to 4+1⁄2 years in prison |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | Daniel P. Fitzgerald |
| Case opinions | |
| Decision by | Jury verdict |
People v. Shakur (full title: The People of the State of New York v. Tupac Amaru Shakur) was a 1994 criminal trial held in New York. The American rapper Tupac Shakur was charged with sexually abusing and sodomizing 19-year old Ayanna Jackson in a New York hotel in 1993. Jackson had accused Shakur and his associates of raping, sexually assaulting, and sodomizing her following an originally consensual sexual relationship that her and Shakur were engaged in. While Shakur was never directly charged with rape, he was charged with “unlawful touching of the buttocks” as two counts of first-degree sexual abuse. In total, Shakur was arrested in 1993 on two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, three counts of sodomy, one count of attempted sodomy, and one count of illegal possession of a firearm that was found in the hotel room where the events allegedly occurred.
Shakur was found guilty of two counts of first-degree sexual abuse, but was acquitted of all other charges. He was subsequently sentenced by the trial judge to 1+1⁄2 to 4+1⁄2 years in a maximum security prison for sexual abuse.
- ^ Motive for murdering Onfroy is unclear.
- ^ Orfanides, Effie (2018-07-11). "Michael Boatwright: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ "MICHAEL BOATWRIGHT Inmate 571503812: Broward Jail near Fort Lauderdale, FL". web.archive.org. 2018-07-12. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ "Inmate Detail". apps.sheriff.org. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ Reiss, Jonathan (June 9, 2020). Look at Me!. Hachette Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-306-84541-3. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ "Police reveal how XXXTentacion's killers tracked rapper in final moments before fatal shooting". The Independent. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ "XXXTentacion Shot in Apparent Robbery". CNN. June 18, 2018. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
- ^ Watch Live: XXXTentacion Murder Case — Suspects Face Trial in Armed Robbery Killing - Day Two, retrieved 2023-02-09
- ^ Watch Live: XXXTentacion Murder Case — Suspects Face Trial in Armed Robbery Killing - Day 14, retrieved 2023-03-06