Meek Mill may currently be out of jail, but his legal woes are far from over.
On Tuesday (June 26), TMZ reported the judge Genece Brinkley has denied the rapper's request for a new trial. What makes the motion particularly shocking is the fact that even the prosecutor—the Philadelphia District Attorney—agrees he should be granted one.
Mill's reasoning for a new trial petition is the arresting officer being accused of corruption and lying to put the Philly rapper behind bars. But the judge didn't think he had enough evidence.
“After an in-depth review of the record, court history, notes of testimony, and evidence submitted at the evidentiary hearing, this court hereby denies defendant’s petition for PCRA relief as defendant failed to meet his burden of proof,” Brinkley wrote in her ruling this week.
The judge has been heavily criticized during the whole legal process for the way she's handled things. Mill's team tried to get her off the case earlier this month, but to no avail.
"Judge Brinkley made clear during the hearing on June 18th that she had already decided the matter," Mill's attorney Joe Tacopina told TMZ. "We continue to believe that this miscarriage of justice will be corrected upon further review, and that the public’s confidence in the impartiality of the judicial system in Pennsylvania will be restored."
Mill was released on bail in April after violating probation regarding a 2008 drugs and weapons case.
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