Hip-Hop legend Kidd Creole has been sentenced to 16 years behind bars for stabbing a homeless man named John Jolly to death “following a confrontation in the Manhattan region of New York City back in 2017.”
Kidd Creole’s attorneys claimed that he acted in self-defense “stating that their client was merely trying to fend off a known sex offender” but that wasn’t enough to convince Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michele Rodney. According to the Judge, the emphasis of the murder case was the life that was lost.
The New York Post has got details;
“A life is a life, whether the person is homeless, whether the person is a CEO,” Manhattan Supreme Rodney said at the sentencing. “Within seconds … Mr. Jolly’s life was changed forever…You didn’t know that he had a [history of] violence or was a sexual offender. Those things were not known and don’t have much relevance in terms of anybody’s action in this case.”
Before the murder trial began, the beloved member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five faced the possibility of doing a 25-year bid in prison. The Assistant District Attorney, Mark Dahl, wanted the judge to give Kidd Creole an 18-year sentence, but in the end, the final ruling presented the defendant with a 16-year punishment for his crime. Kidd Creole’s attorney has already expressed his client’s plan to appeal.
“I’m fully confident this case is going to come back on appeal,” said Kidd Creole’s lawyer, Scottie Celestin. “I think how the judge handled this case….I think she steered the case and it’s going to come back.”
Kidd Creole (62) will serve his time at New York’s infamous Rikers Island prison facility in the East River, which is located between Queens and The Bronx.
Damn that is a long time in jail. Seems like a bit much considering the crime.
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