The Canadian rapper’s attorneys asked for a continuance to respond to the prosecution’s dismissal of a new trial, and said deliberations will now take place on Monday, April 17. Last week the America rapper was issued fresh charges against him. Click here to read.
In a surprising but understandable turn of events, the motion for Tory Lanez to receive a retrial was postponed by court authorities by another week, which was set to enter deliberation on Monday (April 10). Now, both sides of the case will wait until Monday, April 17 to discuss the motion. Moreover, this resulted from a request from the Canadian rapper’s legal team for continuance to add to their retrial motion.
While it’s unclear how this will shape up in the grand scheme of things, it does give each side more time to prepare their arguments. For Lanez, this means a shot at a second chance, whereas the prosecution affirmed his already proven guilt.
