Remy Ma Appeals Eight Year Assault Sentence
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Remy Ma’s parole date is in September of 2014, but according to a new appeal filed earlier this week, her lawyers are hoping to have her out much sooner.
After a lengthy courtroom battle, stemming from a shooting over a year ago, Remy Ma’s legal team has found new information that could overturn her March conviction for shooting her friend Makeda Barnes-Joseph.
Court documents obtained by TMZ.com state Remy’s legal team believe the trial regarding the incident which resulted in Barnes-Joseph being shot in the stomach, was handled incorrectly. Remy Ma (born Reminisce Smith) was subsequently sentenced to eight years for charges of assault, weapons possession and attempted coercion [click to read].
Remy's lawyers claim that the jury, over their objection, was manipulated, and if Barnes-Joseph "was truthful and accurate" then her testimony "under the law satisfies the proof beyond a reasonable doubt." Remy’s legal team also alleges their client was denied a fair trial on the grounds that they weren’t allowed to argue that Barnes-Joseph was shot during a struggle for a gun.
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After a lengthy courtroom battle, stemming from a shooting over a year ago, Remy Ma’s legal team has found new information that could overturn her March conviction for shooting her friend Makeda Barnes-Joseph.
Court documents obtained by TMZ.com state Remy’s legal team believe the trial regarding the incident which resulted in Barnes-Joseph being shot in the stomach, was handled incorrectly. Remy Ma (born Reminisce Smith) was subsequently sentenced to eight years for charges of assault, weapons possession and attempted coercion [click to read].
Remy's lawyers claim that the jury, over their objection, was manipulated, and if Barnes-Joseph "was truthful and accurate" then her testimony "under the law satisfies the proof beyond a reasonable doubt." Remy’s legal team also alleges their client was denied a fair trial on the grounds that they weren’t allowed to argue that Barnes-Joseph was shot during a struggle for a gun.
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http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.8132
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