MIAMI – The murder trial in the dying of neighborhood rapper XXXTentacion may begin this month.
Lawyers attended a listening to in the scenario Friday.
Prosecutors are hoping to get started jury choice by the stop of January.
The rapper, whose authentic title is Jahseh Swayne Onfroy, was leaving a enterprise in Deerfield Seaside when he was ambushed and shot to demise by two accused robbers.
Attorneys for just one of the murder suspects, Dedrick Williams, submitted a motion for rapper Drake to testify at the demo — believing that prior pressure among Drake and XXXtentacion — could be connected to the murder.
There has not been any evidence that Drake was concerned.
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