{"id":7797,"date":"2025-09-12T22:34:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/lil-durks-murder-for-hire-trial-could-be-delayed-until-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T22:34:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:34:01","slug":"lil-durks-murder-for-hire-trial-could-be-delayed-until-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/lil-durks-murder-for-hire-trial-could-be-delayed-until-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil Durk’s Murder-for-Hire Trial Could Be Delayed Until 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tLil Durk\u2019s trial on federal murder-for-hire charges might be postponed from October to January, according to new court filings \u2014 but the star himself still wants to go to trial next month.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a joint motion filed in court Friday (Sept. 12), prosecutors and attorneys for several of Durk\u2019s co-defendants agreed on the delay, arguing that the case is \u201cso unusual and so complex\u201d that the defense teams should get more time to prepare for trial.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIf granted, the motion will delay by three months a blockbuster trial on charges that Durk orchestrated a plot to kill rival rapper Quando Rondo, resulting in a 2022 Los Angeles shooting that left another man dead.<\/p>\n

\n\tNotably, it appears that Durk (Durk Devontay Banks) himself is not on board with the request, meaning he wants to stick to the original trial date: \u201cDefendant Banks does not join in the stipulation to continue the trial in this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBut consent or not, the feds say Durk should be forced to go along with the delay, noting that he\u2019s joined to the others for trial, and that a three-month wait \u201cconstitutes a reasonable period of delay\u201d \u2014 meaning it will not violate his constitutional right to a speedy trial.<\/p>\n

\n\tDurk could oppose the motion to postpone the trial, or seek to have his case severed and tried separately on the original schedule. His attorney did not immediately return a request for comment from Billboard<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThe rapper was arrested last year on murder-for-hire and gun charges over allegations that he ordered members of his Only the Family (OTF) crew to carry out the 2022 attack, which left Rondo (Tyquian Bowman) unscathed but saw his friend Lul Pab (Saviay\u2019a Robinson) killed in the crossfire.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn charging documents, prosecutors claimed that Durk\u2019s OTF was not merely a group of Chicago rappers, but a \u201chybrid organization\u201d that also functioned as a criminal gang to carry out violent acts \u201cat the direction\u201d of Durk. Prosecutors say he ordered the Rondo shooting in retaliation for the 2020 killing of rapper King Von (Dayvon Bennett), a close friend and frequent collaborator.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe case initially cited Durk\u2019s lyrics, quoting from a song called \u201cWonderful Wayne & Jackie Boy\u201d in which Durk allegedly referenced the shooting. But after Durk\u2019s lawyers pointed out that the rapper recorded those verses \u201cseven months before the incident even happened,\u201d prosecutors filed a new indictment that removed them from the case.<\/p>\n

\n\tDurk has denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty to the charges. Also charged in the case are OTF members Kavon London Grant, Deandre Dontrell Wilson and Asa Houston, as well as Keith Jones and David Brian Lindsey, two other alleged Chicago gang members.<\/p>\n

\n\tFriday\u2019s motion seeking the postponement was signed by lawyers for Wilson, Houston and Lindsey. Though it mentioned that Durk did not consent, it failed to mention Jones or Grant at all; their attorneys did not immediately return separate requests for comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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