The murder trial against Breon Powell, 21, and Kazair Gist, 19, both Trenton, N.J., will continue Monday morning at county court in Doylestown.
The two are accused of be involved in the shooting death of Danny DeGennaro. The popular guitarist was shot to death in December 2011 inside his Bristol Township home in Levittown’s Crabtree section.
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Both young men have been in county jail on $5 million bail since last spring.
It has been speculated that the murder trial could last as long as a month.
PhillyBurbs.com had day-by-day coverage of the trial last week.
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During the trial for murder plot mastermind 20-year-old Jermaine Jackson in May, prosecutors made the case that Powell and Gist were directly the men behind the murder of DeGennaro, which began as an attempt to rob DeGennaro for a drug debt inside his Crabtree Drive home in Bristol Township.
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Officials previously said Powell fired the shotgun blast to the chest that killed DeGennaro in December 2011. Gist is also accused of shooting a handgun and missing the popular musician.
Danasia Bakr, 19, and Tatyana Henderson, 19, both of the Morrisville section of Falls Township, testified that one “loud gunshot” and then another was heard. Henderson said that the three young men then ran to the waiting car and were “shaken up” and “acting crazy.” Powell was yelling how he shot “the guy” and Gist said, “I shot him too,” according to statements made by Henderson.
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Trials for Bakr and Henderson, who are cooperating with officials, are forthcoming, but no dates have been set.
Jackson was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison.
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