The conviction of a former hip-hop and rap promoter who ordered the killing of a buddy of 50 Cent was upheld Friday.
The 2nd US Circuit Court docket of Appeals agreed that James Rosemond was correctly convicted of murder-for-hire prices.
Rosemond was accused of hiring a crew to kill an affiliate of the rap group G-Unit as payback for an assault on Rosemond’s son. The affiliate, Lodi Mack, was killed within the Bronx in 2009.
His lawyer had argued that witnesses in opposition to him had been solely attempting to cut back their very own sentences.
The primary resulted in a mistrial with a hung jury. Rosemond was convicted at his second trial and sentenced to life in jail, however the decide was later discovered to have erred on one level, and a 3rd trial was ordered. That additionally resulted in a conviction and life sentence, which Rosemond appealed.
He already was serving two life sentences for separate drug and gun convictions.
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