Lil Durk is getting a new trial date in his murder-for-hire case in Los Angeles. His attorneys and prosecutors are asking for Oct. 14. Legal name Durk Devontay “Lil Durk” Banks, the rapper is accused of hiring hitmen to murder a rival rapper to avenge the Nov. 6, 2020, murder of his friend and fellow rapper Dayvon “King Von” Bennett in Atlanta. Prosecutors say the conspiracy resulted in the rival’s relative being shot to death at a gas station near the Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles in August 2022. U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia Donahue rejected Banks’ bail request on Dec. 12. A five-page order filed on Dec. 16 explains her reasoning, including Durk’s lawyer Drew Findling’s argument that his flights out of the country to Zurich and Dubai were merely one trip with connections. “This evidence supports the inference that Defendant, who has considerable resources, attempted to leave the United States upon learning of the arrests of his co-conspirators,” Donahue wrote. At least one defendant may be considering a plea deal: Deandre Dontrell Wilson’s lawyer asked for a “pre-plea sentence report” on Dec. 26 that will determine Wilson’s criminal history category under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines. U.S. District Judge Michael W. Fitzgerald ordered the report on Dec. 27. Trial is scheduled to begin on Jan. 7 for Banks and Wilson, then on Jan. 14 for Kavon London Grant, Keith Jones, David Brian Lindsey and Asa Houston, but prosecutors and five of the six defendants on Dec. 31 asked Fitzgerald to reschedule the trials to Oct. 14. Only Houston opposes.
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