{"id":21138,"date":"2022-07-21T10:04:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T10:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gunna-files-new-petition-for-jail-release\/"},"modified":"2022-07-21T10:04:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T10:04:47","slug":"gunna-files-new-petition-for-jail-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gunna-files-new-petition-for-jail-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunna Files New Petition for Jail Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"mb-32\">\n<div class=\"article-banner-in-content text-center mb-20 position-relative\">\n<div class=\"display-inline-block position-relative\">\n          <noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rap-up.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/gunna-met-1014x531.jpg?resize=1014%2C531&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"gunna\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"p-credit color-white lp-mb-0\">\n<p>Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gunna is making a last-ditch bid to get himself out of jail.<\/p>\n<p>After his previous efforts were rejected, the rapper&#8217;s legal team is asking a neighboring county in Georgia to grant his release.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, lawyers for the 29-year-old rapper, born Sergio Kitchens, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, a constitutional procedure that allows prisoners to challenge their imprisonment.  Gunna&#8217;s attorneys argue that Fulton County prosecutors have not provided evidence to keep him behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo allow Mr.  Kitchens to be held in jail by the unsworn claims and conclusions of the state, devoid of any specific facts or supporting evidence\u2014over objection by the defense\u2014is to render his presumption of innocence meaningless and to discard his right to due process,\u201d Gunna&#8217;s attorneys wrote, according to Billboard.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after a judge in Fulton County denied Gunna&#8217;s motion for bond twice, once this month and previously in May, suggesting that he poses a threat to the public and could intimidate other witnesses if released. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepeatedly, the state proffered shocking and conclusory facts and then gave no basis as to how it believed this information was accurate and gave no nexus between the &#8216;facts&#8217; and Mr.  Kitchens,\u201d added Gunna&#8217;s lawyers.  \u201cWithout the proper tools of cross examination, the defense was powerless to respond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The habeas petition must be filed in the jurisdiction where a prisoner is held.  Gunna is currently incarcerated in the Henry County Jail.  This would provide a way to get around Fulton County Superior Court.<\/p>\n<p>Gunna was arrested in May and charged in a 56-count RICO indictment that includes Young Thug and other members of YSL.  Prosectors claim that he is a member of the alleged \u201cYoung Slime Life\u201d street gang.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to remain in jail until his January 2023 trial date.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamie McCarthy\/Getty Images Gunna is making a last-ditch bid to get himself out of jail. After his previous efforts were rejected, the rapper&#8217;s legal team is asking a neighboring county in Georgia to grant his release. On Tuesday, lawyers for the 29-year-old rapper, born Sergio Kitchens, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gunna-files-new-petition-for-jail-release\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gunna Files New Petition for Jail Release<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21057,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gunna-files-another-petition-to-get-released-from-jail\/","url_meta":{"origin":21138,"position":0},"title":"Gunna Files Another Petition to Get Released From Jail","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"UPDATE (July 20):Gunna's co-lead counsel, Steve Sadow, has issued a statement to XXL regarding his client's new petition to get released from jail. It reads:\"Sergio should be free on bond. We believe the judge erred by not requiring the prosecution to put up evidence at the bond hearings. We sought\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7533,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/gunna-denied-bond-again-will-remain-in-jail-until-january-trial\/","url_meta":{"origin":21138,"position":1},"title":"Gunna Denied Bond Again, Will Remain In Jail Until January Trial","date":"July 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Gunna appeared in court virtually on Thursday for a reconsideration of bond, but a superior court judge denied the Atlanta rapper's request. On May 9, Young Thug, Gunna, Duke, and several other YSL Records artists and affiliates were named in a sprawling Georgia RICO indictment. 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