Rapper NBA YoungBoy was discovered not responsible in his federal gun case in Los Angeles on Friday.
A jury of seven girls and 5 males acquitted the Louisiana rapper of the costs that would have led to a jail sentence of as much as 10 years.
“In the end, truth prevailed,” certainly one of his legal professionals, André Bélanger, informed the Daily News Friday.
The Baton Rouge-born rapper — whose actual identify is Kentrell Gauden and who additionally goes by YoungBoy Never Broke Again — had been charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
He was arrested on March 22, 2021, after LAPD officers tried to tug over his automobile over an impressive federal warrant.
Police say he tried to flee the scene however was finally arrested. Authorities mentioned that they recovered an FN FNX .45 caliber pistol from the ground of his Mercedes Maybach.
Prosecutors informed the jurors that the rapper confirmed his guilt when he fled his arrest. They additionally mentioned the pistol recovered from the automobile had been bought by an individual related to Demetrice Monique Coleman, who’s a godmother determine to the rapper.
During the trial, he maintained that he didn’t know that the gun was in his automotive.
One of his legal professionals, James Manasseh, mentioned throughout closing arguments that different individuals additionally had entry to the automobile and that prosecutors didn’t hyperlink the gun to YoungBoy with any DNA or fingerprint proof.
Additionally, no person who testified through the trial, which started Tuesday, ever mentioned that they noticed the rapper with the gun that was recovered.
The 22-year-old chart-topper reportedly jumped in celebration after listening to the decision, in accordance with Rolling Stone.
“Never was guilty,” he informed the journal after strolling out of the constructing.
Manasseh informed The New Orleans Advocate that the jurors — who deliberated for about 5 hours — did the proper factor and that they arrived on the “not guilty” verdict by wanting on the info.
“I think the jurors took it seriously, looked at all the evidence, were very thorough and saw through the lies,” he mentioned.
The rapper nonetheless faces an upcoming trial over a gun case in Louisiana. His trial in Baton Rouge was scheduled for early July, but it surely was postponed to accommodate the Los Angeles trial. A standing convention within the Louisiana case is scheduled for early subsequent month.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com