Trial in the fatal daytime ambush of rapper Young Dolph reset to September

Published June 3, 2024 9:57 AM

By ADRIAN SAINZ
Associated Press

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has reset the trial date for a man charged with killing rapper Young Dolph in a daytime shooting ambush at a cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. Shelby County Judge Jennifer J. Mitchell on Monday set a Sept. 23 trial date for Justin Johnson. He has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Young Dolph, who was gunned down in November 2021. Johnson’s trial had been set to start Monday. However, prosecutors and Johnson’s lawyer filed a joint motion May 22 asking the judge to delay the trial to allow them to present expert witnesses to discuss cellphone location records.

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