Tory Lanez appeals Megan Thee Stallion shooting conviction
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Tory Lanez is not going down without a fight...he just filed an appeal to overturn his conviction for shooting Megan Thee Stallion, claiming, among other things, that prosecutors tried to smear him with irrelevant evidence .
Tory's attorney, famed criminal defense attorney Jose Baez, claims in court documents obtained by TMZ that prosecutors submitted a shirtless photo of Tory with a gun to his chest. During the trial, prosecutors said it was for identification purposes only, but Baez calls BS, saying prosecutors used the photo to emphasize to the jury that his client had a penchant for guns. p>
There are many other motives...including Baez says it was a reversible error for prosecutors to threaten to present Tory's rap lyrics to the jury.
JULY 2020
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And there's this... Baez says the jury heard an 80-minute interview that prosecutors had with Kelsey Harris, Megan's friend who was in the car the night of the shooting. The audio was devastating to Tory's case, but Kelsey later retracted much of what she said in that interview.
Baez also says he was wrong to admit an Instagram post that included a comment from...
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Tory Lanez is not going down without a fight...he just filed an appeal to overturn his conviction for shooting Megan Thee Stallion, claiming, among other things, that prosecutors tried to smear him with irrelevant evidence .
Tory's attorney, famed criminal defense attorney Jose Baez, claims in court documents obtained by TMZ that prosecutors submitted a shirtless photo of Tory with a gun to his chest. During the trial, prosecutors said it was for identification purposes only, but Baez calls BS, saying prosecutors used the photo to emphasize to the jury that his client had a penchant for guns. p>
There are many other motives...including Baez says it was a reversible error for prosecutors to threaten to present Tory's rap lyrics to the jury.
JULY 2020
TMZ.com
And there's this... Baez says the jury heard an 80-minute interview that prosecutors had with Kelsey Harris, Megan's friend who was in the car the night of the shooting. The audio was devastating to Tory's case, but Kelsey later retracted much of what she said in that interview.
Baez also says he was wrong to admit an Instagram post that included a comment from...
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