Testimony continued Thursday in the trials of two men accused of killing a local rapper over a diss track.<\/p>\n
Hakeem Robinson – also known as Ksoo – and Leroy Whitaker are being tried together with separate juries.<\/p>\n
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>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Attorneys finished delivering their opening statements to the jurors on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n Charles McCormick Jr. \u2013 better known as \u2018Lil Buck\u2019 \u2014 was shot and killed in 2020 in what investigators believe was a gang-related attack outside an Arlington shopping center.<\/p>\n RELATED: <\/b>What to know as accused Jacksonville gang members at the center of deadly drill rap beef go on trial<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n Robinson is charged with<\/p>\n 1st degree murder as a criminal gang member<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n While Whitaker is charged with<\/p>\n 1st degree murder as a criminal gang member,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n burglary with assault or battery<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Both Robinson and Whitaker are alleged to be a part of the ATK gang.<\/p>\n Investigators allege Robinson and Whitaker sought to kill McCormick Jr. because he made a rap song that dissed the late rapper Willie Addision (Big Goon), who is also Robinson\u2019s half-brother.<\/p>\n During opening statements, both Robinson\u2019s and Whitaker\u2019s attorneys alluded that the state\u2019s evidence in this case came as a result of plea deals, including with Robinson\u2019s dad, Abdul Robinson Sr., and suspect Dominique Barner.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re going to learn that Blue (Abdul Robinson Sr.), this ain\u2019t his first time cooperating with law enforcement. He\u2019s done that before. So he has experience. He knows that when he\u2019s in trouble and he\u2019s caught, if I say what the government wants to hear, I get out. He\u2019s done it before and he\u2019s going to do it again in this courtroom,\u201d Tara Kawass, Defense attorney for Hakeem Robinson, said.<\/p>\n\n
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