Another status hearing for Meek Mill scheduled for end of month

Tuesday, August 6, 2019
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Another status hearing will take place at the end of the month to determine if Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill will face a new trial.

Mill arrived at the Juanita Kidd Stout Center for Criminal Justice in Center City for a hearing on Tuesday morning.
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However, no decision was reached and another hearing was scheduled for August 27.

On the issue of bail, Mill was released on own recognizance.

He and his lawyer left the courthouse in a van without giving a comment to reporters.



Meek's lawyer Joe Tacopina, however, released the following statement: "While we had hoped that this matter would end today, we remain confident that justice will prevail in Meek's case once and for all."

Late last month, a Pennsylvania appeals court overturned the rapper's original 2008 conviction in a drug and gun case that has kept Meek on probation for a decade.

Meek Mill's conviction thrown out, granted new trial

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The unanimous three-judge panel said new evidence made it likely he would be acquitted if the case were retried.

The 32-year-old, born Robert Williams, who has become an advocate for criminal justice reform, has been granted a new trial.



The District Attorney's Office could choose to retry or drop the case.



This all comes as a Meek Mill miniseries is coming out on Amazon on Friday.
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