Rapper Billy Adams Requests Death Penalty for Girlfriend's Murder
Billy Bennett Adams III, known as Ace Nh, has requested the death penalty for the murder of his pregnant girlfriend, Alana Sims, in a handwritten letter to Hillsborough County Court Judge Mark R. Wolfe, filed on October 12, 2026. Sims was five months pregnant when she was shot in the head on January 30, 2023, with her two-year-old child in the backseat of her parked car.
Adams instructed his lawyers to respect his decision regarding the sentencing, which is set for December 1, 2026. The jury had voted 8-4 in favor of the death penalty, meeting Florida's legal threshold, despite a defense challenge regarding a recent legal change that reduced the number of jurors needed to recommend capital punishment.
Prosecutors alleged that Adams had expressed reluctance to remain in Sims' life and had discussed his plans with another woman, Lakenya Brantley, prior to the shooting. The case is scheduled for review on October 27.
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