A Hillsborough County jury convicted all four defendants in the June 2024 shooting death of rapper Julio Foolio, whose legal name was Charles Andrew Jones II, following eight hours of deliberation [1]. The case proceeded to trial on a single charge of first-degree premeditated murder, with prosecutors pursuing the death penalty against Isaiah Chance, Sean Gathright, Rashad Murphy, and Davion Murphy [1]. The killing occurred in the parking lot of a Tampa hotel on June 23, 2024, and investigators characterized the attack as gang-related [1].
The trial produced unanimous guilty verdicts on first-degree premeditated murder for each of the four co-defendants [1]. The jury then entered the penalty phase and recommended life in prison without parole for all four men, declining to recommend the death penalty that prosecutors had sought [1]. The recommendation was binding in the sense that it shaped the court's sentencing disposition, and the judge sentenced all four defendants on May 15, 2026, one week after the verdict [1].
With life-without-parole sentences imposed across all four defendants, there is no further sentencing exposure in this proceeding. Post-trial motions and appeals remain available to defense counsel as a matter of right under Florida law, though the source material does not report any appeal filings as of publication [1].