Disgraced rapper Tory Lanez was due for sentencing on Tuesday, 28 February 2023, but submissions from his attorneys for a delay were granted by a Los Angeles County judge.
When is Tory Lanez sentencing?
Lanez, real name Daystar Peterson, appeared briefly in court dressed in orange overalls and a black wave cap, at the LA County Superior Court on Tuesday, where he informed Judge David Herriford he had no plans to contest the delay in his sentencing.
The Say It rapper, now represented by a new team of top-tier lawyers, including Hip-Hop’s go-to defence specialist attorney David Kenner, will be back in court on Monday, 10 April 2023, to learn of his fate for assaulting former lover Megan Thee Stallion, real name Megan Pete, with an unregistered firearm.
According to legal journalist Meghann Cuniff, who’s followed the trial in its entirety, Lanez faces a maximum of 22 years and eight months in prison.
He could also be deported to Canada, where he is a citizen.
Will Tory file a motion for a new trial?
A new development in the Tory Lanez sentencing came after his lawyers confirmed their intentions to file a motion for a new trial.
Already, the rapper’s new legal team has made strides in winning overturns in the build-up to the main objective, which is getting Lanez another opportunity to defend himself before a court of law.
For instance, Judge Herriford granted Lanez’s request for a lift in his gag order, which was imposed in April 2022.
This suggests that, perhaps, for the first time since the notorious July 2020 shooting, the public may get an unfiltered version of Lanez’s truth directly from behind bars, where he’s been held since he was found guilty in late December 2022.
Moreover, the rapper’s lawyers have every intention to file a motion for retrial but according to attorney Lee Stonun, who spoke to Cuniff as a pundit, “when a motion for a new trial is successful, it is based on something that judge was not aware of during the trial, for instance, juror misconduct or evidence being withheld by the prosecution.”
“It’s very rare to see a new trial motion granted based on the kinds of things that win appeals, such as erroneous admission of evidence or failure to exclude evidence, because the motion is made in front of the judge who already made the evidentiary rulings,” Stonun explained.
As things stand, Lanez’s prisoner status remains in limbo until he is either sentenced or awarded an opportunity to re-examine the evidence before a court of law.