20 year old Paul Smith Jr, was only 17 years old when he was charged for the murder of 19 year old Tyreak August in 2022. Smith was accused of fatally shooting August in his home in La Democracia village. But after only 2 years on remand Smith's murder charge was dropped, after the crown discontinued his murder case and entered a nolle pros.
Despite this Smith still has two other charges against him for keeping an unlicensed firearm and ammunition and so he could not be set free.
His attorney Ronnell Gonzalez asked the court to consider granting bail to Smith since the murder case was discontinued and he would only be spending time in prison for the gun related charges. Gonzalez filed an application for bail which won't be heard until Friday November 15th. Ibn the interim, Smith was remanded to prison, and his attorney spoke more about today's proceedings.
Ronnell Gonzalez, Attorney
"He has one pending matter for a possession of a firearm before the magistrate court. It is a matter that is young in the court. It is a matter that has not even had a full disclosure as yet. It is a matter involving other persons that were present around at the time of the discovery of such firearm. So I am hopeful for him in that matter."
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