GUILTY FL - Kristina French, 53, Neptune Beach, 21 Nov 2017 *Minor Grandson Arrested* #2

[SeesSeas]

Sentencing nears for Neptune Beach teen in grandmother's death
Posted Oct 21, 2019 at 4:58 PM
A Duval County Circuit judge will hear more testimony, then decide the sentence for a Neptune Beach teen who pleaded guilty to the second-degree murder of his grandmother in 2017.

A Tuesday hearing is the next-to-last step in the court case against a Neptune Beach teen who killed his grandmother in late November 2017, then buried her in the backyard, according to court records.

Logan Tyler Mott, 17, pleaded guilty Sept. 18 to second-degree murder and returned to court last week for the sentencing testimony phase in the shooting and stabbing death of 53-year-old Kristina June French.

As part of his plea agreement, Mott faces a 15- to 40-year sentence, the State Attorney’s Office said. Duval County Circuit Court Judge Bruce Anderson Jr. will soon decide what the final prison time will be after hearing testimony that included a police detective, the teen’s parents and his former school nurse.
[...]
The defense has a single witness left, a psychologist who evaluated Mott, but it is unknown when that testimony will occur. A brief status hearing is set Tuesday morning so prosecutors, defense attorneys and the judge will schedule more testimony and closing arguments. Then the judge will pronounce the sentence at a later date.

 

[Niner]

Docket:
220 -- 10/22/2019
10/22/2019 JUDGE ANDERSON JR, BRUCE R

221 -- 10/22/2019
10/22/2019 ASST. STATE ATTY. LICANDRO, JOSEPH RUDOLPH

222 -- 10/22/2019
10/22/2019 ASST. PUB. DEF. COFER, CHARLES GILBERT

223 -- 10/22/2019
10/22/2019 DEFENDANT PRESENT IN JAIL

224 -- 10/22/2019
10/22/2019 OTHERS PRESENT: DEFENDANTS FATHER

225 -- 10/22/2019
10/22/2019 SENTENCING 11/01/2019 9:00 AM - 508 5TH FLOOR, 501 W ADAMS ST JACKSONVILLE FL 32202

226 -- 10/22/2019
10/22/2019 @1:30PM

Hearings:
10/22/2019 9:00 AM STATUS HEARING 5th Floor 508

11/1/2019 9:00 AM SENTENCING 5th Floor 508

link: CORE - Clerk Online Resource ePortal

 

[SeesSeas]

SENTENCING 11/12/2019 9:00 AM (per Court Events) 1:30 PM (per JA email)
CORE - Clerk Online Resource ePortal
Case 16-2017-CF-010920-AXXX-MA
LOGAN TYLER MOTT
DOB: 8/21/2002

Court Events
Date Time Type Location Courtroom Cancelled
11/1/2019 9:00 AM SENTENCING 5th Floor 508 Yes
11/12/2019 9:00 AM SENTENCING 5th Floor 508

Dockets
Line / Document Count Effective Entered Description Pages
227 -- 10/29/2019 10/29/2019 CANCELLED SENTENCING ON 11/1/2019 9:00:00 AM
228 -- 10/29/2019 10/29/2019 > CANCEL REASON - PER JA EMAIL
229 -- 10/29/2019 10/29/2019 SENTENCING 11/12/2019 9:00 AM - 508 5TH FLOOR, 501 W ADAMS ST JACKSONVILLE FL 32202
230 D231 -- 10/29/2019 10/29/2019 @ 1:30 (PER JA EMAIL) 1
231 D232 -- 10/30/2019 10/30/2019 LETTER FROM FAMILY AND/OR FRIEND OF THE DEFENDANT 5

 

[SeesSeas]

CORE - Clerk Online Resource ePortal
Case 16-2017-CF-010920-AXXX-MA
LOGAN TYLER MOTT
DOB: 8/21/2002

229 -- 10/29/2019 10/29/2019 SENTENCING 11/12/2019 9:00 AM
230 D231 -- 10/29/2019 10/29/2019 @ 1:30 (PER JA EMAIL) 1

 

[Niner]

Thanks for the update!

 

[Niner]

Tuesday, November 12th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 9am ET) – FL – Kristina June French (53) (Nov. 21, 2017, Neptune Beach) – *Logan Tyler Mott (15/now 17) – arrested (12/6/17), arraigned (12/18/17) & charged (3/27/18) “as an adult” with 2nd degree murder (of his grandmother) & grand theft auto. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial was set to begin 8/12/19-cancelled-now set to begin with jury selection on 10/7/19-cancelled as Lott plead guilty (9/18/19).
Court information from 8/16/18 thru 10/17/19 reference post #80 here:
GUILTY - FL - Kristina French, 53, Neptune Beach, 21 Nov 2017 *Minor Grandson Arrested* #2
10/18/10 Sentencing (Day 3): Watched video interview detectives did with Canadian teen who was part of Logan Mott's Instagram chat group. Witnesses: Ms. Barbara Delifus (nurse at Fletcher Middle). Carrie Mott (Logan's mother). Next is Status hearing on 10/22. The Judge will still need to hear from another witness before he imposes the sentence.
10/22/19 Update: A brief status hearing is set Tuesday morning so prosecutors, defense attorneys & the judge will schedule more testimony and closing arguments. Then the judge will pronounce the sentence on 11/1. 10/29/19: Sentencing moved to 11/12.

 

[JaxFlaGal]

Tuesday, November 12th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 9am ET) – FL – Kristina June French (53) (Nov. 21, 2017, Neptune Beach) – *Logan Tyler Mott (15/now 17) – arrested (12/6/17), arraigned (12/18/17) & charged (3/27/18) “as an adult” with 2nd degree murder (of his grandmother) & grand theft auto. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial was set to begin 8/12/19-cancelled-now set to begin with jury selection on 10/7/19-cancelled as Lott plead guilty (9/18/19).
Court information from 8/16/18 thru 10/17/19 reference post #80 here:
GUILTY - FL - Kristina French, 53, Neptune Beach, 21 Nov 2017 *Minor Grandson Arrested* #2
10/18/10 Sentencing (Day 3): Watched video interview detectives did with Canadian teen who was part of Logan Mott's Instagram chat group. Witnesses: Ms. Barbara Delifus (nurse at Fletcher Middle). Carrie Mott (Logan's mother). Next is Status hearing on 10/22. The Judge will still need to hear from another witness before he imposes the sentence.
10/22/19 Update: A brief status hearing is set Tuesday morning so prosecutors, defense attorneys & the judge will schedule more testimony and closing arguments. Then the judge will pronounce the sentence on 11/1. 10/29/19: Sentencing moved to 11/12.

Sentencing hearing for today was canceled. Now scheduled 11/27.

Pascale Head on Twitter (from ActionNewsJax's news director)

 

[Niner]

Thank you for the info JaxFlaGal! Much appreciated!

 

[Niner]

Wednesday, November 27th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 9am ET) – FL – Kristina June French (53) (Nov. 21, 2017, Neptune Beach) – *Logan Tyler Mott (15/now 17) arrested (12/6/17), arraigned (12/18/17) & charged (3/27/18) “as an adult” with 2nd degree murder (of his grandmother) & grand theft auto. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial was set to begin 8/12/19-cancelled-now set to begin with jury selection on 10/7/19-cancelled as Lott plead guilty (9/18/19).
Court information from 8/16/18 thru 10/17/19 reference post #80 here:
GUILTY - FL - Kristina French, 53, Neptune Beach, 21 Nov 2017 *Minor Grandson Arrested* #2
10/18/10 Sentencing (Day 3): Watched video interview detectives did with Canadian teen who was part of Logan Mott's Instagram chat group. Witnesses: Ms. Barbara Delifus (nurse at Fletcher Middle). Carrie Mott (Logan's mother). Next is Status hearing on 10/22. The Judge will still need to hear from another witness before he imposes the sentence.
10/22/19 Update: A brief status hearing is set Tuesday morning so prosecutors, defense attorneys & the judge will schedule more testimony and closing arguments. Then the judge will pronounce the sentence on 11/1. 10/29/19: Sentencing moved to 11/12.
11/12/19 Update: Sentencing has been rescheduled for 11/27.

 

[katydid23]

11/12/19 Update: Sentencing has been rescheduled for 11/27.


So we will find out tomorrow what the judge decides in this tragic case.

I hope the judge tells both of the parents what idiots they were, for dragging out that contentious divorce for so long, creating turmoil for this troubled kid.

 

[SeesSeas]

Sentencing DEC 19

Logan Mott: Neptune Beach teen to be sentenced in his grandmother's killing
Nov 27, 2019 - 5:14 PM
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Neptune Beach teen who admitted to killing his grandmother spoke in court Wednesday.
The judge said Logan Mott will be sentenced on Dec. 19.

Teenage defendant apologizes for murdering grandmother: 'I will always be ashamed'
November 27, 2019
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Circuit Judge Bruce Anderson heard a lot about Logan Mott throughout the sentencing phase of his murder trial. He heard about his drinking, his depression and – as one doctor testified today – his “sadistic” tendencies.

But Wednesday was the first time the judge heard from Mott himself.

The 17-year-old entered the courtroom with an envelope in his hands which contained a statement that he read to the court. In a halting and tearful voice, he apologized for fatally shooting and stabbing his grandmother, Kristina French, in November of 2017. He spoke about how much he loved her, calling her “my friend, my mentor and my refuge.”
[...]
Mott’s father Eric Mott also addressed the court. He said his mother loved Logan more than anything and that locking him away for decades would be “like killing her all over again.”

“What Logan did was terrible," Eric Mott said. "He deserves to be punished."

But he said a long prison sentence would be a disservice to French's memory.

"Please know your honor that would not be justice for my mom," Eric Mott said. "Assign as much probation as you feel necessary but please sentence Logan to the lowest amount of time you are able. Give my mom justice by giving Logan some chance at a future when he gets out.”
[...]
Judge Anderson says he has volumes of testimony to review, including “three legal pads full of notes.”

He set a court date of Dec. 19 at 8:30 a.m. to pronounce Mott's sentence.

Teen tells judge killing of grandmother ‘entirely my fault’
November 27, 2019
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 17-year-old boy who killed his grandmother and buried her body in his father’s backyard apologized to his parents, his siblings and to Kristina French, the woman he killed two years ago during the final day of his sentencing hearing.

In court Wednesday, Logan Mott said he loved his paternal grandmother and described her as funny, kind and optimistic, calling her his friend, mentor and refuge.

“It feels like a bad dream, but every morning when I wake up I realize what I did and the consequences of it,” Mott said. “This is entirely my fault and even though I don’t understand why I did this, I will always be more ashamed and sorry for what I’ve done."

Mott was emotional at certain points, with a few moments of silence as he collected himself before reading on. He said that if it weren’t for his grandmother, he might not be there today.

“The fact she’s gone still leaves me confused and baffled at times,” Mott said. "The world is a darker place without her presence, her tenacity and her kindness. I once heard my grandmother described as a guardian angel. I don’t believe in angels, but if they do exist, no doubt my grandmother is one of them.”
[...]

 

[Midge Montana]

"You’ve shot your grandmother, she is ... bleeding on floor, now you’re going to take a knife, stab her ... including three times in the head. That was extreme."

I hope he gets the maximum time.

 

[TDoc72]

"You’ve shot your grandmother, she is ... bleeding on floor, now you’re going to take a knife, stab her ... including three times in the head. That was extreme."

I hope he gets the maximum time.

Me too. I’m not feeling his ‘remorse.’

 

[Niner]

Thursday, December 19th:
*Sentencing Hearing (@ 9am ET) – FL – Kristina June French (53) (Nov. 21, 2017, Neptune Beach) – *Logan Tyler Mott (15/now 17) arrested (12/6/17), arraigned (12/18/17) & charged (3/27/18) “as an adult” with 2nd degree murder (of his grandmother) & grand theft auto. Plead not guilty. No bond.
Trial was set to begin 8/12/19-cancelled-now set to begin with jury selection on 10/7/19-cancelled as Lott plead guilty (9/18/19).
Court information from 8/16/18 thru 11/12/19 reference post #89 here:
GUILTY - FL - Kristina French, 53, Neptune Beach, 21 Nov 2017 *Minor Grandson Arrested* #2
11/27/19 Update: Circuit Judge Bruce Anderson heard a lot about Mott throughout the sentencing phase of his murder trial. He heard about his drinking, his depression and – as one doctor testified today – his “sadistic” tendencies. But Wednesday was the first time the judge heard from Mott himself. In a halting and tearful voice, he apologized for fatally shooting and stabbing his grandmother. Mott’s father Eric Mott also addressed the court. Judge Anderson says he has volumes of testimony to review, including “three legal pads full of notes.” He set a court date of Dec. 19 to pronounce Mott's sentence.

 

[GrilledCheezy]

Sentenced to 15 years.

"Prosecutors agreed to waive a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence and let him serve part of his sentence in a juvenile facility until he turns 21 years old with the remainder to be served in prison."

 

[Niner]

Whoa! Only 15 years??!!

 

[GrilledCheezy]

Whoa! Only 15 years??!!

I was floored.

 

[Bravo]

That sentence is a disgrace. Do they really think his sadistic tendencies will just go away

 

[Catmommy]

There you go, Grandma, your humor, kindness, optimism and love were worth 15 years (give or take for good behavior). But if it hadn't been for you he "might not have been here" according to the grandson you loved and cared for. And if it hadn't been for him you wouldn't be there. Disgusting sentence for a disgusting crime, in my humble but outraged opinion.

 

[Linskid]

Jacksonville teen in jail for killing grandmother arrested after alcohol found in cell