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A jury has found YoungBoy Never Broke Again not guilty in his federal gun case in California. TMZ confirmed NBA YoungBoy, born Kentrell Gaulden, ...

The trial for his other case was delayed due to the one in California. There will be a status conference for the Baton Rouge case on August 2. A jury has found YoungBoy Never Broke Again not guilty in his federal gun case in California. TMZ confirmed NBA YoungBoy, born Kentrell Gaulden, was cleared of the sole gun charge on Friday, July 15, after a three-day trial. The jury found him not guilty of illegal firearms possession after he was arrested for having a loaded FN .45 caliber pistol under the backseat floorboard of his Maybach following a brief pursuit by police around Los Angeles back in March 2021.

YoungBoy, born Kentrell Gaulden, was arrested in March 2021 after a high-speed chase through Tarzana in which prosecutors allege a gun was recovered from the floorboard of his Mercedes. The 22-year-old rapper is facing a similar charge in his native ...

He was eventually found hiding in a stranger's backyard. Shortly afterward, his "AI YoungBoy 2" mixtape debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. LOS ANGELES - Chart-topping Los Angeles-based rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again has been found not guilty of a federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

NBA YoungBoy was mobbed — and even chased — by fans while leaving a Los Angeles courthouse on the third and final day of his federal gun trial.

In a bizarre turn of events, one juror was excused from the case after admitting to being an NBA YoungBoy fan. However, she clarified usable prints can be hard to extract from firearms and magazines due to a variety of reasons, including their use of “anti-moisture coating.” — Mohammed (Moe) Gangat (@lawyer4workers)July 12, 2022 Despite the fan excitement, NBA YoungBoy isn’t out of the woods yet. The Never Broke Again leader scored an early victory in the trial when U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner prevented his lyrics from being used as evidence. A video on social media showed the 22-year-old rapper greeting and hugging a group of excited fans, until he suddenly decided to bolt.

The verdict is in on NBA YoungBoy's federal gun case, with the rapper being found not guilty.

The guy apparently didn't give up easily -- a short pursuit went down, but once the car stopped, cops said the rapper bolted on foot. 11:28 AM PT -- YoungBoy's attorney, Andre Belanger, tells TMZ the rapper put his head down and started to cry when the verdict was read ... it's been a stressful and emotional situation for him. 1:07 PM PT -- A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles tells TMZ, "We believe the evidence presented in this case supported the charges brought by the grand jury.

After two hours of deliberation, a federal jury in Los Angeles found NBA YoungBoy, real name Kentrell Gaulden, not guilty of felony gun possession charges, ...

Not any gun, but that particular gun, that he knew it was in the car,” Manasseh said in his opening statement Tuesday, according to Rolling Stone reporter Nancy Dillon. So many, that they can’t really identify and say whose might have been on it,” Manasseh continued. During testimony, a federal agent said the firearm was found after at least two other agents searched the vehicle prior to him, according to independent lawyer Moe Gangat, who is not tied to the case. Gaulden’s defense team pointed to a lack of fingerprint evidence on the gun to indicate that the rapper ever handled the pistol. “In the indictment, they use the word ‘knowingly.’ Knowingly means he has to be aware, and it is their burden to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was aware that that particular gun was in that particular car at that particular time. The defense argued if the gun was not discovered until a third search, it could not have been in plain sight and YoungBoy did not know the gun was in the vehicle.

The 22-year-old rapper, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, was wanted on an outstanding warrant. At around 11 a.m., police attempted to stop the vehicle he ...

The jury began deliberations Thursday on the third day of trial in Los Angeles federal court. Back in September, the Baton Rouge rapper was among 16 people arrested on drug and firearm charges in Louisiana. The vehicle didn't pull over, prompting a short pursuit, which ended with the rapper trying to flee on foot.

NBA YoungBoy, born Kentrell Gaulden, was found not guilty during his felony gun trial in Los Angles on Friday. A few days ago, his lyrics were ruled out as ...

At the trial, it was revealed that no DNA or fingerprints of his had been found on the weapon. The judge in Louisana has ruled out using video evidence that had been obtained illegally with an improper search warrant. Gaulden was charged with possession of a firearm after authorities recovered a pistol from the floor of his car during his arrest in Los Angeles last March. According to Rolling Stone, he argued that he had no intention of possessing the gun, as he did not know it was in his car at the time.

Lawyers for the rapper argued that he did not know the weapon was in his car when he was pulled over and arrested on a separate warrant in California last ...

Lawyers for the rapper said the gun was identical to an airsoft replica and could not be confirmed to be the same weapon. In 2017, YoungBoy pleaded guilty to aggravated assault with a firearm and received a suspended 10-year prison sentence, plus probation, stemming from his role in a nonfatal drive-by shooting for which he was originally charged with attempted first-degree murder. As the trial started on Tuesday, the judge in the case, R. Gary Klausner, ruled to exclude lyrics from three YoungBoy songs from being used in court. Lawyers for YoungBoy argued that the rapper was unaware of his outstanding federal warrant at the time and panicked when armed officers approached his vehicle, leading him to take off. The photo was taken at the same Philadelphia shop that had sold YoungBoy the jewelry also found in the car, they argued. “While we are disappointed with the verdict, we respect the jury’s decision.”

Chart-topping rapper NBA Young Boy was found not guilty at his felony gun trial in federal court in Los Angeles on Friday. The popular and prolific artist, ...

Gaulden stipulated at the trial that he knew he was a felon when he was driving his Maybach in the Tarzana neighborhood of Los Angeles the day of his arrest. In that case, Gaulden was detained with more than a dozen others near his grandfather’s Baton Rouge home on Sept. 28, 2020 after someone reported seeing someone brandishing a firearm. And then we basically, we just argued that since they couldn’t prove he had knowledge of the gun that day, that we couldn’t say without a reasonable doubt that he knew about the gun,” Barriere said. Either way, jurors discounted the images because they were captured in different states months before Gaulden’s arrest in Los Angeles, he said. There was reasonable doubt,” juror Mejan Barriere, 21, told Rolling Stone in an exclusive interview after the verdict. A key card and parking receipt from the hotel were found in the Maybach. They also said the FNX-45 recovered from Gaulden’s Maybach was purchased in December 2020 by Joel Diggs, a man whose brother, Joseph Diggs, is the partner of Demetrice Monique Coleman, a beloved godmother figure in Gaulden’s life. In their own closing arguments Thursday, federal prosecutors tried to convince jurors that Gaulden showed his guilt when he fled his surprise arrest and hid in a backyard. Gaulden, 22, fought the charge by arguing he didn’t know the gun was in the car and had no intent to possess it. He was innocent,” Manasseh said. And he was not guilty. The Sincerely, Kentrell rapper had been charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

YoungBoy Never Broke Again, born Kentrell Gaulden, was arrested in March 2021 after a high-speed chase through Tarzana in which prosecutors allege a gun was ...

He was eventually found hiding in a stranger's backyard. Shortly afterward, his "AI YoungBoy 2" mixtape debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. LOS ANGELES - Chart-topping Los Angeles-based rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again has been found not guilty of a federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The young rapper, YoungBoy, was recently found not guilty of the charge felon in possession of a firearm by a jury in Los Angeles.

And then we basically, we just argued that since they couldn’t prove he had knowledge of the gun that day, that we couldn’t say without a reasonable doubt that he knew about the gun.” Manasseh also stated that prosecutors had not found any DNA evidence that linked Gaulden to the gun in question. They didn’t know if he knew the gun was in the car that day.

Birdman has expressed his delight over NBA YoungBoy's recent acquittal by a grand jury relating to federal gun charges he was facing.

He’s still facing a separate gun charge in Baton Rouge after he was arrested in his hometown during a September 2020 video shoot. Scores of fans celebrated the rapper being cleared of the charges, with some causing a frenzy outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building in Los Angeles after the verdict was read. On Friday (July 15), the “No Smoke” rapper (real name Kentrell Gaulden) was found not guilty of possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon, avoiding a lengthy seven-year prison sentence the prosecution was looking to hand down.

This is exciting news for fans of NBA Youngboy who have stood in solidarity with the Baton Rouge, La. rapper ever since his arrest in March of 2021. As ...

Back in March, a Louisiana judge threw out video and photo evidence in the case. YB is not out of the legal woods just yet. Police also found an FN, model FNX-45, .45 ACP caliber gun in the floorboard of YB's Maybach SUV.

NBA YoungBoy, born Kentrell DeSean Gaulden, was arrested on March 22, 2021 by federal agents along with the LAPD after executing a federal warrant on the rapper ...

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Youngboy was charged with felony possession of a firearm after law enforcement recovered an FN FNX .45 caliber pistol from the Mercedes Maybach he rode in in ...

Prosecutors attempted to show Youngboy was guilty because he fled from the arrest scene and hid in a nearby backyard. According to Rolling Stone, Youngboy celebrated in the courtroom when the not guilty verdict was read. Youngboy was charged with felony possession of a firearm after law enforcement recovered an FN FNX .45 caliber pistol from the Mercedes Maybach he rode in in March 2021.

YB, whose real name is Kentrell D. Gaulden, had been facing up to 10 years in prison if convicted. He was facing two federal gun trials; the additional one in ...

In 2019, he was briefly jailed for violating his parole after getting into a shootout in Miami that left one bystander dead. YoungBoy initially seemed to cooperate but took off in his Mercedes Maybach, leading officers in a “high-speed chase.” They ultimately found an FNX .45 caliber pistol and ammunition behind the front passenger’s seat, along with cash and jewelry. YB, whose real name is Kentrell D. Gaulden, had been facing up to 10 years in prison if convicted.