Poor Bobby. Today (Feb. 5), Shmurda will face another court date. It comes less than a week after completing the $2 million bail application paperwork that could have seen Shmurda (real name Ackquille Pollard)released as early as this week, his leal team withdrew the application.
Last Thursday, Shmurda appeared before a judge for the first time since his arrest Dec. 17 on conspiracy and related charges, where he pled not guilty to all counts. His attorney, Kenneth Montgomery, argued at the hearing that Shmurda’s bail was “unfair” and that he’d be applying for a reduction; Judge James Burke replied that bail needed to be posted before a hearing could take place. The following day, Shmurda’s legal team filed bail paperwork with the Special Narcotics Prosecutor’s Office, which was expected to be approved or rejected within 72 hours.
While Shmurda remains locked up, his lawyer Montgomery continues to fight for his release, telling the Times that he is working on a new bail application and that he is hoping to submit the paperwork “within the next week.”
Shmurda was arrested in December along with 14 other members of his GS9 crew on what was initially 69 counts and indicted on Dec. 18 in a press conference spectacle spearheaded by NYPD Police Commissioner William Bratton. A superseding indictment was filed in January that upped the charges to 101 counts relating mostly to the “takedown” executed by the NYPD that resulted in the defendants’ arrests and the discovery of an additional 10 guns and three defendants. The remaining defendants, including fellow Epic Records artist Rowdy Rebel, have their next court date set for Apr. 22.
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