Lawyers for Meek Mill asked an appeals court Tuesday to overturn a 2008 drug and gun conviction that has kept the rapper on probation for a decade and made him a celebrity crusader for criminal justice reform.
Meek Mill performs onstage during the 7th Annual BET Experience at Staples Center on June 21, 2019 in Los Angeles.asked an appeals court Tuesday to overturn a 2008 drug and gun conviction that has kept the rapper on probation for a decade and made him a celebrity crusader for criminal justice reform.
“He now has been discredited,” lawyer Kim Watterson of Los Angeles told the three-judge panel. “They do not have confidence in his testimony and will not call him at retrial.” Assistant District Attorney Paul George echoed the point in court, making for an unusual, uncontested appeal. He said the office wouldn’t call Graham due it its “legal, ethical and constitutional obligations.”
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