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McKinley Phipps', a.k.a. Mac the Camouflage Assassin, arraignment is set for today. Phipps was indicted on a second-degree murder charge in the shooting of nineteen-year-old Barron Victor in a Feb. 21 altercation. Though Phipps was arrested for first-degree murder, the grand jury downgraded the charge to second-degree murder in their indictment. The No Limit rapper had finished a performance when the incident occurred at Club Mercedes, a notorious Slidell, La., nightclub that has since been shut down. Prosecutors issued what amounts to a threat to the rapper's defense team which is expected to enter a not guilty plea. "I've spoken with his attorney and he will plead not guilty," said Joseph Tosterud, Assistant District Attorney at St. Tammany Parish and Chief of the Crime Division. "If he pleads guilty, he goes to jail for the rest of his life." Should a jury find Phipps guilty, the charge also carries a mandatory life sentence. In the meantime, Phipps is being held in a local jail until his arraignment, at which point a state judge may elect to set bail. Tosterud projects a June 5 start date for Phipps' trial.
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