00:00The singer known as David lost his high-profile legal team on Monday.
00:05His former lead attorney, celebrity lawyer Blair Burke, stunned the court when she said that he would be seeking a
00:14public defender for his upcoming murder trial.
00:18Shortly afterwards, Nathan Hockman addressed the death penalty, something the singer still faces.
00:25The last thing that will have to be decided, and that's a decision by myself as a district attorney, is
00:31whether or not we'll be seeking the death penalty in this case.
00:34We had invited David Anthony Burke's prior counsel to submit what's called a mitigation packet to the district attorney's office
00:42for consideration.
00:44A mitigation packet are factors that we are to consider why we should not bring the death penalty in this
00:50case.
00:51We had not received that mitigation packet as of today.
00:56Certainly, we will give additional time for new counsel to come up with a mitigation packet if they so choose
01:03to present it in order to consider that mitigation packet as well as all the our remaining factors in determining
01:10whether or not we will proceed with the death penalty.
01:12That decision has not been made today.
01:14That decision has been made today.
01:15That decision has been made today.
