After the jury left on Friday, the judge in A$AP Rocky's gun assault trial told Deputy District Attorney John Lewin he has 90 more minutes to cross-examine Rocky's friend Jamel "A$AP Twelvvy" Phillips when testimony resumes on Monday (February 10). Lewin questioned Twelvvy for 2 hours and 40 minutes on Friday. "I've got an ethical duty to actually effectively prosecute this case," Lewin told the judge. "Right. And you're going to have to do it in 90 minutes," Arnold said. Lewin said the defense crossed Relli for three days and "asked him question after question about his income, about more relevancies than I can add up." "I'm going through video where the witness is impeaching himself left and right on the central issues in this case, and the court is saying, 'You've got to hurry up.'" "Your Honor, we have to be able to do our job. I'm not wasting time by asking questions that are getting important information, and when the court didn't limit them at all, this witness is as important as the victim," Lewin said. Judge Arnold said Relli's cross took three days "because he was so uncooperative and he would not answer a question." "This witness is answering questions. Over four hours is enough. You have 90 minutes remaining. Just use your time wisely. That's it: 90 minutes, That's an hour and a half more," the judge said. "I'm sure you can get it done in that.” You can watch Lewin ask Twelvvy about the prop gun defense here @Meghann Cuniff. You can watch Judge Arnold explain a new system for sanctioning attorneys here @Meghann Cuniff.
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