DA wants Meek Mill conviction tossed, but he remains jailed
PHILADELPHIA — Rapper Meek Mill’s drug and gun convictions should be thrown out and he should be granted a new trial, prosecutors said in court Monday in an announcement that led his supporters outside to break into an impromptu dance party.
Judge Genece Brinkley refused to free him on bail Monday after the announcement from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office during a hearing. She scheduled another hearing in June.
Philadelphia-born Mill was sentenced in November to two to four years in prison for violating probation on a roughly decade-old gun and drug case. Attorney Brian McMonagle said they will reach out to a higher court to get their client released.
Spokesman Ben Waxman said the prosecutor’s office agreed to the granting of a new trial “due to questions of credibility of the arresting officer.” The officer is among the police officers the prosecutor’s office has sought to keep off the stand in cases across the city because of credibility questions.