Retrial Date Set In Notorious B.I.G. Wrongful Death Suit
Published: Monday - June 12, 2006
Words by Miles Bennett
Notorious B.I.G. (Photo: Bad Boy)
A federal judge has set a retrial date for the Notorious B.I.G. wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles after changing her position that the rapper's family intentionally misled the court.
According to the Associated Press, U.S. District Judge Florence-Marie Cooper ruled Thursday (June 8) that the trial would begin October 16, after she said that she was "absolutely deceived" by plaintiffs' attorney Perry Sanders when he claimed that the city withheld documents about a police conspiracy behind the murder of the slain rapper nearly 10 years earlier (see "Judge Says Notorious B.I.G.'s Family Deceived The Court").
Judge Cooper has ordered both sides to continue the information-sharing process in preparation for the retrial.
The judge declared a mistrial last summer (see "Mistrial Declared In Notorious B.I.G. Wrongful-Death Case") after putting a halt on the case due to a police detective intentionally hid statements by an incarcerated informant linking the killing to rogue police officers David Mack and Rafael Perez.
She also ordered the city to pay $1.1 million in legal fees and other expenses to the rapper's family.
In the ruling, according to the AP, Cooper wrote that although she initially agreed with the city that Sanders "had misrepresented to the court his surprise and shock at learning about this witness in the middle of trial," she now believes that no deception occurred.
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