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It's been four years since rising rap star Pop Smoke was murdered during a robbery in the Hollywood Hills. And now one of the men involved in the killing will have his day in court this summer.
According Vulture, a Los Angeles judge just set a June 25 trial date for Corey Walker, who is accused of participating in the robbery that led to the shooting death of Pop Smoke (born Bashar Barakah Jackson) on February 19, 2020. Walker (who was 19 years old at the time at the time) was the only suspect charged as an adult in the killing and pleaded not guilty to one count of murder and three counts related to the home robbery.
Walker's defense in the matter is that he was not part of the actual planning of the home robbery and was nothing more than the getaway driver waiting outside the house while the whole scenario unfolded. Prosecutors, on the other hand, characterize Walker as the mastermind of the case and have said as much in the charges against the accused.
Per Vulture:
Prosecutors allege that Walker “facilitated the crimes by not only monitoring the crime scene before the crimes were committed, but serving as the investigator, getaway driver, weapons provider and planner of this home invasion robbery.”
The trial date comes nearly a year after three other juveniles involved in the killing settled their cases with one pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter, another confessing to killing the rapper and the third settling his case to “unknown time”.
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