Notorious B.I.G. Court Case Declared Mistrial
Matthew Cole
July 06, 2005
The wrongful death court case involving the rapper Notorious B.I.G. was declared a mistrial Wednesday July 6, 2005. Federal Judge Florence-Marie Cooper’s ruling was based on her assessment that the Los Angeles Police Department deliberately withheld evidence in the case.
The trial, which began June 21st, had only three days of testimony but was interrupted when anonymous tip to officials led to the discovery of a large cache of documents that had not been turned over to the deceased rapper’s family by the LAPD.
B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace, was killed in 1997 as he was gunned down while leaving a crowded late-night party in L.A. He was only 24.
The lawsuit against the LAPD by his family claimed that corrupt police officer David Mack arranged to have the rapper killed on behalf of Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight.
The mysterious documents centered on Rafael Perez, Mack’s one-time partner on the L.A. Police Department. The documents had been sitting in Perez’s desk drawer at the department. Perez claimed to have forgotten they were there, a claim Judge Cooper called “absolutely incredible.”
Neither Perez nor Mack have been arrested or charged in connection to the rapper’s murder and were not named in the lawsuit. Mack is currently serving a prison sentence for bank robbery.
The trial, which began June 21st, had only three days of testimony but was interrupted when anonymous tip to officials led to the discovery of a large cache of documents that had not been turned over to the deceased rapper’s family by the LAPD.
B.I.G., born Christopher Wallace, was killed in 1997 as he was gunned down while leaving a crowded late-night party in L.A. He was only 24.
The lawsuit against the LAPD by his family claimed that corrupt police officer David Mack arranged to have the rapper killed on behalf of Death Row Records founder Marion “Suge” Knight.
The mysterious documents centered on Rafael Perez, Mack’s one-time partner on the L.A. Police Department. The documents had been sitting in Perez’s desk drawer at the department. Perez claimed to have forgotten they were there, a claim Judge Cooper called “absolutely incredible.”
Neither Perez nor Mack have been arrested or charged in connection to the rapper’s murder and were not named in the lawsuit. Mack is currently serving a prison sentence for bank robbery.
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