Federal Prosecutors Oppose AllStar JR's Bond Release Ahead of August Trial on Firearm Charges
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Trey Alston
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Federal prosecutors are opposing rapper AllStar JR's request to be released on bond pending trial on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm. The trial has been pushed back from July 7 to August 31 after the rapper's attorney requested additional time for discovery and trial preparation. Prosecutors argue JR should remain locked up while awaiting trial.
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· 3 pulledThe prosecutors' note, as mentioned, comes more than a month after JR's legal team requested the rapper be let out on bond.
The move happened late last month when Judge George C. Hanks Jr. granted an unopposed motion to continue the case.
In his filing, Helms argued that more time was required so that discovery could
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