Rapper Nipsey Hussle’s Convicted Killer To Be Sentenced
etcanada.comA 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.
Jurors in July found Eric R. Holder Jr., 32, guilty of the first-degree murder of the 33-year-old Grammy-nominated hip-hop artist outside the clothing store Hussle founded, the Marathon, in the South Los Angeles neighborhood where both men grew up.
Holder was also convicted of two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a firearm for gunfire that hit two other men at the scene who survived. READ MORE: Jury Finds Man Guilty Of Murder Of Rapper Nipsey Hussle The sentencing has been delayed in part so defense attorney Aaron Jansen could move for Superior Court Judge H.
Clay Jacke to reduce Holder’s conviction to manslaughter or second-degree murder, which the judge rejected in December. Jacke will have a broad range of possibilities when he sentences Holder at the Thursday morning hearing, but the murder conviction alone carries a term of 25 years to life.
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