Rapper Pop Smoke, wearing a blue Off-White coat, is seen outside the Off-White show during the Paris Fashion Week - Menswear F/W 2020-2021 on January 15, 2020 in Paris, France.appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom Friday and had his trial date pushed to early August after plea negotiations with prosecutors broke down. The trial for Corey Walker previously was scheduled to start next week.
Walker, 23, has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder, two counts of robbery and one count of burglary. When prosecutors first announced his charges four years ago under a prior district attorney, they said that because Pop Smoke was fatally shot during an alleged robbery, Walker would. If convicted as charged at trial, Walker could receive life in prison.during a home invasion robbery around 4 a.m. on February 19, 2020.
In his failed motion to get Walker’s murder charge dismissed, Darden argued that his former client was “not a major participant” in the deadly shooting. “It is clear from the evidence that did not enter the house, was not armed, and did not personally kill the victim.