Philadelphia Judge Leon Tucker, who supervises the city’s criminal courts, has detailed why he decided against barring fellow Philadelphia Judge Genece Brinkley from handling rapper Meek Mill’s high-profile case.

Tucker issued a six-page opinion outlining the reasoning behind his June 4 decision to keep Brinkley on the case, despite the fact that Mill’s legal team is contending that she is disqualified.

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