Overview
- A three-judge panel of California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal issued a 46-page opinion affirming the verdict and finding no prejudicial trial error.
- The court rejected arguments that his right to testify was unfairly chilled and upheld admission of witness Kelsey Harris’s recorded interview as a prior inconsistent statement.
- The jury’s December 2022 convictions covered assault with a semiautomatic firearm, carrying a loaded unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
- The justices said the trial evidence, including Megan Thee Stallion’s testimony and medical treatment for bullet fragments, was sufficient to support the finding of great bodily injury.
- Lanez remains incarcerated at California Men’s Colony following a transfer after an inmate attack, and separate civil and protective orders involving Megan Thee Stallion continue, including court-ordered depositions in a defamation case.