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Eric R. Holder Jr. has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2019 killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle.

Nipsey Hussle.Superior Court Judge H Clay Jacke II delivered the sentence yesterday (February 22), consisting specifically of 25 years to life for murder, an additional 25 for employing firearm enhancements, and 10 more years for voluntary manslaughter after injuring two bystanders at the crime scene.  Per an Associated Press report, Holder was not eligible for the death penalty.The sentence brings a conclusion to Holder’s trial, which began in June 2022. Three years prior, Hussle – born Ermias Joseph Asghedom – was fatally shot in March 2019 outside the Marathon Clothing store he founded in Los Angeles.

Nipsey Hussle -- has been sentenced to 60 years to life in prison.Los Angeles Superior Court Judge H. Clay Jacke announced the sentencing Wednesday, months after Holder's attorney, Aaron Jansen, filed several motions, which delayed the sentencing. Jansen had wanted a reduced conviction and a new trial, but Jacke denied the motions last year. Back in July, Holder Jr.

Eric Holder Jr., who was convicted of murdering rapper Nipsey Hussle outside the musician’s South Los Angeles clothing store in 2019, has been sentenced to 60 years to life in state prison.

convicted of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison by a Los Angeles judge on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press and multiple news reports. Superior Court Judge H. Clay Jacke II sentenced Eric R. Holder Jr., 33, who was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting of Hussle (real name: Airmiess Joseph Asghedom) outside the Marathon, the South Central Los Angeles clothing store that the rapper had founded. In July, jurors also convicted Holder of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a firearm, stemming from gunfire that hit two other men at the scene; those victims both survived.

A man convicted of gunning down rapper Nipsey Hussle in 2019 is likely to get life in prison when he is sentenced Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom.

A jury found a 32-year-old man guilty of murdering rapper Nipsey Hussle back in 2019. Eric R. Holder Jr.

Nipsey Hussle has been convicted of first-degree murder.32-year-old Eric Holder Jr. shot Hussle outside his Marathon Clothing store in Los Angeles on March 31, 2019.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticEric Holder Jr., the gang member who shot superstar rapper Nipsey Hussle to death in 2019, has been convicted of first-degree murder in a Los Angeles court.Beyond the murder conviction, Holder was also convicted of several other charges, including attempted voluntary manslaughter and assault for shooting two other men who survived the shootings. He faces a possible life sentence.Jurors went only an hour into their second day of deliberation before announcing they had reached a verdict siding with the Los Angeles Country prosecution.

Nipsey Hussle in March 2019, has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the trial that finally started and ended after a years-long delay due to the pandemic.The verdict was announced Wednesday in a Los Angeles courtroom. Holder had initially pleaded not guilty and had been held behind bars in lieu of $6.5 million bail. The jury deliberated for less than an hour on the second day of deliberations.

Nipsey Hussle in 2019 has reportedly been assaulted while in jail.As Rolling Stone reports, the 32-year-old Eric Holder Jr. was unable to attend his trial regarding the case on Tuesday (June 28).

Nipsey Hussle in March 2019, is underway and Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney John McKinney claimed to the jury on Wednesday that the famed artist's shooting was premeditated and deliberate.In his opening statements, McKinney alleged, per  that there was «no doubt» Holder had thought out his actions and shot Hussle — whose real name was Ermias Asghedom — with the intention of killing him.McKinney opened his statements by showing the jury a video from the aftermath of the killing, as bystanders attempted to resuscitate Hussle after he was gunned down outside his clothing store in South Los Angeles.Hussle and Holder had publicly gotten into an argument several minutes before Holder returned to the store with a gun and opened fire. His actions were captured on several security cameras, and Holder's attorney, public defender Aaron Jansen, argued in his opening statements that «this is a case about the heat of passion.»According to Jansen, Hussle had accused Holder of «snitching» during their heated argument, and the remark made Holder «so enflamed and enraged» that he acted without thinking and without having time to «cool off.»McKinney rejected this assertion to the jury, telling them, «You’re going to hear and see evidence that he had plenty of opportunity to think about what he was going to do before he did it.