Update 02/13/2023 4:37pm:
According to reports, Andre “Mac Minister” Dow will remain in prison following a motion filed by his legal team that claims the rapper didn’t get a fair trial, and that he was wrongfully convicted for a double murder.
Dow was convicted in 2008 after two rappers from Kansas City were murdered in retaliation for the murder of Bay Area rap legend Mac Dre. The rapper was then granted a hearing in the revenge murders for Mac Dre after a witness recanted their statement.
In the motion filed, Mac Minister’s legal team claims prosecutors withheld critical information from the state’s witness. Clark County District Court Judge Michelle Leavitt ultimately denied the claim.
The attorney for Mac Minister—Robert Demarco, issued a statement on the ruling, saying, “I believe that we proved by clear and convincing evidence that 1) Mr. Mouton, 2) his father, and 3) former prosecutor, Lateef Gray, were all credible at the evidentiary hearing and that their testimony was provided free from any undue influence or duress.” Along with that, Demarco stressed that he believes in Mac’s “factual innocence.” Stay tuned for more updates.
source: SF Chronicle
Original 06/09/2022 9:53pm:
According to reports, Mac Minister is seeking to get his conviction overturned in the revenge killings over the murder of Mac Dre.
Mac Minister is set to get a hearing based on the recent development of a witness recanting their testimony who insists they lied on the stand while testifying against the rapper. He's spent the last 16 years in prison for the murders of Anthony “Fat Tone” Watkins and Jermaine “Cowboy” Akins in Las Vegas.
Prosecutors believe Mac Minister murdered the two men in retaliation to the 2004 slaying of Mac Dre but believe he was convicted due in large part to the witness testimony that is now being recanted.
“My statements to law enforcement and testimony at Mr. Dow’s trial was false,” witness Antoine Mouton says. “And I made the statements against Mr. Dow because I wanted to receive favorable treatment as a result of my other criminal cases. I believe I was approached by law enforcement in California after the death of Lee De’Nae Laursen because I knew Ms. Laursen and I believe that they may have located my contact information in her phone. After I was approached by law enforcement that is when I began to make the false statements against Mr. Dow.”
“I recant my testimony and statements that I am from the Fillmore neighborhood,” Mouton notes. “I did not grow up with Andre Dow as a testified. I am from the Hunter’s Point neighborhood and did not grow up with Mr. Dow. I only knew who Mr. Dow was from his popularity in the music industry.”
Source: Allhiphop.com
