Meek and his legal team are hoping to vacate the 2008 conviction that has landed him back in jail several times

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Meek Mill has been granted a new hearing in a new court in his ongoing legal situation, local NBC affiliate WCAU reports and Pitchfork can confirm. The appellate court hearing will take place at the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, July 16. Significantly, Meek’s lawyers will make their arguments in front of a judge other than Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Genece Brinkley, who sentenced Meek to prison in 2017 and also denied him a new trial following his April 2018 release from prison.

“We’re looking forward to the oral argument before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and to, hopefully, having Meek’s conviction vacated,” Meek Mill’s lawyer Jordan Siev said in a statement. “In light of the District Attorney’s recent filing, where he supports the granting of a new trial to Meek and the recusal of Judge Brinkley, we hope to have this injustice rectified once and for all.”

Meek Mill’s legal troubles stem from a 2008 conviction on drug and gun charges that he and his legal team are still trying to have vacated. Meek spent time in jail in 2009 following the conviction and has returned to jail multiple times for probation violations.

Among his lawyers’ arguments for vacating is that Reginald Graham, the officer who arrested Meek in 2007, could not be considered a credible witness and allegedly gave false testimony during Meek’s initial trial. In addition, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has pointed to a “public perception of unfairness and bias” surrounding Judge Brinkley, who has refused to recuse herself from the case despite allegations of overstepping her duties as a judge.

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