JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The attorney for a controversial Jacksonville rapper wants the prosecutor removed from his case.
Charles Jones, referred to as rapper Julio Foolio, used to be arrested in April on fees of a window tint violation and fleeing and eluding police.
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Body digital camera video bought by News4JAX shows a state prosecutor status outdoor and looking into Rapper Julio Foolio’s car. Her presence on the scene of his April arrest prompted Foolio’s attorney to file a movement asking a judge to remove her from the case.
Foolio is understood for his debatable rap videos with details about Jacksonville murders. Some of the ones cases are unsolved.
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Foolio’s arrest document shows undercover detectives pulled him over for a window tint violation. He was then charged with fleeing and eluding police.
In the back of a patrol automobile, a detective asked Foolio about his perfect buddy’s murder.
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Detective: Alright, so I didn’t want to deliver it up. I do know you’re going to be upset, um, ****… some detectives need to communicate to you real fast about what took place to ****.”
Foolio’s movement to disqualify the Assistant State Attorney accuses the prosecutor of taking part within the on-scene investigation and discriminating in opposition to Foolio, who “has already suffered penalties.”
In a motion to suppress, Foolio’s attorney mentioned the prosecutor illegally seized evidence from the scene and not using a warrant.
The prosecutor’s conversation with detectives on the scene was once recorded on frame camera.
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Detective: How do you wish to have me to position that in private assets? He stated proof.
Prosecutor: Yes. It is evidence. We have cases at this time where his action (inaudible).
Detective: Cameras are still on.
Prosecutor: As neatly as the phones.
Detective: We’re taking the telephones as neatly?
The state filed a reaction to Foolio’s movement to take away the prosecutor, announcing Foolio is the figurehead of the legal gang 6 Block.
It adds that the prosecutor is one in every of three attorneys assigned to the Proactive Targeted Prosecution Unit. The prosecutor has been part of the unit since 2017, the place she is assigned to prosecute documented members of 6 Block.
The state mentioned it is common for prosecutors to turn up at crime scenes. Officials mentioned the prosecutor didn't participate in an investigatory form of position or collect evidence illegally.
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The state’s response stated the defense has made unsupported accusations in regards to the prosecutor and does no longer supply grounds for disqualification.
Foolio’s attorney believes the prosecutor should be thought to be a witness. The state argues she can't be a witness because she was once no longer there when the alleged crime to start with came about.
Foolio’s next court date is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, referring to a ruling on fresh motions filed in his case.
Foolio’s attorney is not the primary to request a distinct prosecutor in a case involving a rapper with local gang ties.
In March, a pass judgement on denied a motion to remove a prosecutor in the case of Hakeem Robinson, aka Ksoo. Robinson is in jail on two other first-degree homicide fees.
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