LOS ANGELES—A$AP Rocky may take the risk of taking the stand in his own defense on Tuesday at his trial over two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
In discussion with a Los Angeles judge on the last phases of Rocky’s trial, his lawyer Joe Tacopina said that either his client would testify early Tuesday or the defense would rest its case. An attorney for the prosecution said his team was going to spend the night preparing for Rocky’s testimony.
He is not legally required to testify, and subjecting a defendant to a difficult cross-examination is often a major gamble in criminal cases….