A Los Angeles judge has denied the request of convicted killer Eric Holder to reduce his conviction to manslaughter for the 2019 murder of Nipsey Hussle. Holder is currently facing a life sentence.

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A Los Angeles judge denied late L.A. rapper Nipsey Hussle’s convicted killer, Eric Holder Jr.’s bid to reduce the conviction of first-degree murder to manslaughter, which means to kill without malice.

Updated by Chris Samuel (12/220/2022 at 1:55 pm)

On Monday, Judge H. Clay Jacke denied the defense motion and scheduled Holder’s sentencing for Feb.22, according to Fox 11 Los Angeles.

Holder faces a life sentence after being convicted of shooting and killing Nipsey Hussle on March 31, 2019. Holder Jr.’s  attorney, Aaron Jansen, said his client killed Nipsey Hussle in the “heat of passion.” 

Since being incarcerated, Holder had been physically assaulted in prison this past June, which caused him to miss a court date.

Nipsey Hussle has been posthumously honored with his own star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, while Loyola Marymount University will teach a course in his honor, and a documentary will premiere about his life.

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In July, the jurors finally reached a verdict on Holder. According to reports, the jurors convicted Eric Holder of first-degree murder.

The defense team tried for a lesser charge of manslaughter, but it was found that it was premeditated from the first conversation with Hussle.

The jurors could not find the verdict for Holder, which will determine what kind of jail sentence he gets.

The defense argued that Holder allegedly got angry at Hussle, bringing up that there could be some paperwork on him that led to the shooting outside of the Marathon clothing store.

Aaron Jansen argued that Holder feared someone could take his life based on rumors of his client being a snitch.

Meanwhile, John McKinney, the LA County Deputy District Attorney, spoke on how the killing affected the community:

“These bullets traumatized a whole community. Crimes like this, the enormity of these crimes, is that they can’t be contained, there are a lot of unarmed victims in this.”

McKinney continued, “The bullets land either in a person or they hit a wall. They stop. But in a figurative sense, these bullets are still traveling. This neighborhood has not forgotten.”