XXXTENTACION‘s murder trial is coming to an end, and his family is anxiously awaiting the verdict as jurors continue their days-long deliberation.
The late rapper’s family was photographed gathered in court on Monday (March 13), as jurors concluded their fourth day of deliberations. There’s still no verdict yet, however, and it may take days longer as the AP reports that the jurors requested to view almost 1,200 text messages and several videos and photos seized from two of the three suspects’ cellphones – the alleged shooter Michael Boatwright and the accused getaway driver and ringleader, Dedrick Williams.
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Among the phone findings were “hundreds” of text messages and a screenshot of a news story about the shooting.
The jurors didn’t ask for any data from the phones of the alleged second gunman Trayvon Newsome, nor alleged co-conspirator Robert Allen – who, as previously reported, has testified against the other three in hopes of a lighter sentence.
The photos of X’s family in court can be seen below.
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In court the week prior, Prosecutor Pascale Achille played cellphone footage that allegedly shows Michael Boatwright, Dedrick Williams and Trayvon Newsome dancing with handfuls of $100 bills hours after allegedly killing XXXTentacion.
“This is who they are,” Achille said, according to the outlet. “This is their real character. Killers that within 24 hours after shooting the victim dead and stealing $50,000 from him, this is what they do. Look at how happy they look. Look at how excited they look.”
Prosecutors also played surveillance video footage from the motorcycle shop which showed two of the men hiding an SUV which was connected to XXXTentacion’s murder.
The defendants’ lawyers said that while the money-flashing videos were “stupid,” they don’t prove anything.
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“He did some stupid things — he posed with some money,” Newsome’s attorney George Reres said. “Guilt by association is not something the law permits.”
Boatwright, Williams and Newsome have all been charged with first-degree murder and face life in prison, if convicted.
