EXCLUSIVE: Lil Durk Co-Defendant DeDe Demands Acquittal After Split Verdict

Deandre “DeDe” Wilson wants a federal judge to erase his three stalking convictions, arguing prosecutors presented evidence of an alleged surprise assassination, not the federal crime of stalking.

Wilson just filed his renewed motion for acquittal.

His attorney, Craig Harbaugh, asked U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald to overturn the jury’s verdict or, alternatively, remove its finding that the stalking resulted in Saviay’a “Lul Pab” Robinson’s death.

The motion follows the split verdict delivered September 11.

A federal jury acquitted Lil Durk of all five charges while convicting DeDe and David “Browneyez” Lindsey of conspiracy to commit stalking, stalking with a dangerous weapon and stalking resulting in death.

Both men were cleared of the two murder-for-hire charges.

DeDe’s motion attacks what his defense considers a contradiction in those decisions.

Prosecutors accused the defendants of following Tyquian “Quando Rondo” Bowman through Los Angeles before gunmen opened fire near the Beverly Center on August 19, 2022. Quando Rondo survived, but his cousin Lul Pab was killed.

The government alleged the attack was retaliation for King Von’s 2020 death and argued the surveillance, pursuit and shooting formed one continuous stalking operation.

DeDe’s attorney says the prosecution’s own account established that Quando Rondo and the other people inside his Escalade never realized they were being followed.

“At best, the government proved stealth, not stalking: a killing designed so that the target would never know it was coming,” Harbaugh argued.

The defense says the federal stalking law required proof that the defendants intended to cause fear or severe emotional distress, or engaged in conduct reasonably expected to produce that result.

According to the motion, the hit crew repeatedly avoided confrontation while searching for an opportunity to attack Quando Rondo without warning.

They allegedly abandoned possible shootings because of police activity, armed security guards, bystanders and poor visibility.

“What they described was an assassination, and an assassination requires the opposite,” Harbaugh argued. “An agreement to kill by surprise is not an agreement to frighten.”

The motion also challenges DeDe’s conviction for stalking Lul Pab.

His lawyer says no evidence established that Pab was an intended target before the shooting.

Keith “Flacka” Jones testified that he fired at the Escalade while trying to shoot Quando Rondo.

When asked who he aimed at, Jones reportedly answered, “Nobody, just the truck,” because he could not see anyone clearly.

The defense argues an alleged intent to harm Quando Rondo cannot automatically transfer to Lul Pab under the federal stalking statute. It also disputes the government’s position that Lul Pab qualified as Quando Rondo’s immediate family member merely because they were cousins.

Finally, DeDe is challenging the jury’s finding that Lul Pab’s death resulted from stalking. The defense says prosecutors improperly used the same three seconds of gunfire as both the stalking offense and the consequence of that offense.

“The same seconds cannot be both the offense and its consequence,” the motion states.

Prosecutors are expected to oppose the request.

They argued at trial that following Quando Rondo across Los Angeles, monitoring his movements and searching for an opportunity to attack constituted stalking even if he never detected the pursuit.

Judge Fitzgerald is scheduled to hear arguments on October 28.