When was slim dunkin killed

Hardimon told his attorney he felt his life was threatened. His attorney is arguing self-defense, citing the fact that Hamilton was nine inches taller than his client. Police never recovered the murder weapon or shell casings. Prosecutors believe someone cleaned up the studio before police arrived at the crime scene. Hardimon has been charged with murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. According to public records, Hardimon has a lengthy criminal record, which includes cruelty to children and aggravated assault charges.

See author's posts. Tags: slim dunkin murder trial , slim dunkin murderer. The man accused of killing Atlanta-based rapper Slim Dunkin will spend the next 25 years of his life in prison, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

While a Fulton County jury did not convict Vinson Hardimon of murder and felony murder, he was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and possession of a handgun during the commission of a felony during the December altercation that left Slim Dunkin—real name Mario Hamilton —dead. In the end, he got 25 years and we can have some closure.

After the two were separated, Hamilton allegedly rushed Hardimon. That was when Hardimon shot the rapper dead. They found him not guilty of Count 2. In the first two counts of the indictment, the jury was asked to find Hardimon guilty of either murder and felony murder or two counts of voluntary manslaughter, or not guilty of each count.