Patrick Clark, the man accused of murdering Migos rapper Takeoff, was denied a further bond discount, with a decide ordering his bail stay set at $1 million.
Clark, who was hit with a homicide cost upon his arrest earlier this month, first had his bond set at $2 million, however his attorneys fought to have it lowered, arguing it was “extreme and penal in nature.” At a listening to on Dec. 14, Choose Josh Hill agreed to decrease Clark’s bond to $1 million. Clark’s attorneys tried to get that quantity lowered even additional to $300,000 and appeared optimistic they might succeed after a listening to yesterday.
However on Wednesday, Dec. 28, Hill dominated in opposition to Clark and stored the bail set at $1 million (although Clark can attraction). In line with NBC 2 in Houston, Hill stated he feared Clark was a flight threat as a result of he had his passport on him — in addition to an itinerary for Mexico — when he was arrested.
Moreover, Hill stated a few of Clark’s earlier statements recommended he may afford the $1 million bond, regardless of his lawyer’s claims that he couldn’t. Clark, as an illustration, was reportedly recorded on a jail telephone name saying he may cowl the unique $2 million bond. Prosecutors have additionally argued that Clark — who works as a DJ — has extra money and belongings accessible, citing some Instagram images wherein he posed with giant quantities of money.
Clark’s lawyer, Letitia Quinones, tells Rolling State they “plan to train all authorized cures accessible by legislation.” She stated the subsequent step in that course of can be submitting a writ of habeas corpus as a part of an effort to get prosecutors to show they’ve a sound cause for detaining Clark.
The 33-year-old Clark has pleaded not responsible to the homicide costs in opposition to him. A part of the explanation the decide handed down such a big bond is as a result of, on the time of his arrest, prosecutors believed that Clark was trying to go away for Mexico after getting an expedited passport and buying a “great amount” of cash. Nonetheless, Quinones, stated her consumer “wasn’t making an attempt to go anyplace.”
Clark was arrested primarily based on reviewed video proof that confirmed he was the one particular person whose bodily positioning aligned with the angle at which Takeoff was struck earlier than collapsing to the bottom. Clark was holding a wine bottle on the time of the incident and left it on the crime scene, which allowed authorities to match his fingerprints.
One other particular person, 22-year-old Cameron Joshua, was arrested in late November and charged with illegal carrying of a weapon, although he’s not believed to have fired the weapon on the time of the taking pictures.