LOS ANGELES (AP) – Jury members in Los Angeles reached a judgment on Tuesday during the trial against rapper A $ AP Rocky, accused of firing a gun on a former friend.
The jury of seven women and five men reached their unanimous decision after the deliberation of just about three hours after a three -week process that ended with final arguments on Friday. The verdict will be read on Tuesday afternoon.
The hip-hop star is accused of two crime counts of abuse with a semi-automatic firearm. With a conviction he could be sentenced to no less than 24 years in prison. He and his lawyers go their way to the courtroom in Los Angeles in the center of Los Angeles, where he could be taken in custody if he is convicted.
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Public Prosecutors said that Rocky twice a gun on his former old friend, who removed a $ AP Relli, during a dispute in a Hollywood -Street, in 2021, by one of the shots, the most important witness for the persecution of the persecution , go through a dispute. , but otherwise he would not have been injured.
The defense argued that Rocky shot empty spots of a plug gun that he had picked up from a video clip. The jury members were also instructed that they could not find him guilty if they felt that he was acting in self -defense.
The hip-hop star, fashion-mogul and actor nominated by Grammy is the old partner of singing superstar Rihanna. The two 36-year-olds have two toddler sons together. She attended a large part of the trial and brought their sons at final arguments last week. It was not immediately clear whether she would be in court for reading the verdict.
