Tory Lanez's current attorney, Jose Baez -- who famously won an acquittal for Casey Anthony -- argued that procedural errors, prosecutorial misconduct, discovery violations and ineffective counsel led to his client's conviction.
As for Lanez's former trial attorney, George Mgdesyan, Baez said the lawyer did not have enough time to prepare for trial and ultimately "failed" Lanez.
In a posting on Instagram last month, Lanez insisted he was "wrongfully convicted" of shooting fellow entertainer Megan Thee Stallion in the feet in the Hollywood Hills in July 2020. "... So, Mr. Gascón, I come to you today as a wrongfully convicted Black man, not asking for sympathy, nor compassion, but for you to simply do what is fair and right in the laws of California, and most importantly in the eyes of God," he said in the recording, in which he cited the steps that Gascón has taken "in regards to fighting for the justice of Black and Brown minorities.
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