Jurors in an Easton murder trial starting Tuesday won't see a rap video that prosecutors believe would have helped prove a murder conspiracy between the two defendants.

Northampton County Judge Craig Dally said he might reconsider and allow video in as rebuttal evidence, depending on how the trial plays out.

Charles Daniel Martin III, 22, and Lael Alleyne, 17, will stand trial Tuesday in the murder of Nichelson Raymond, 28, of East Orange. Raymond was gunned down Dec. 22, 2014, at Ninth and Ferry streets in Easton.

The shooting stemmed from a dispute over the sale of two ounces of marijuana, prosecutors have said.

A ruling by Dally filed on Thursday says Martin and Alleyne appear in the video with Gary Bridges. Bridges, 23, of Allentown, pleaded guilty Wednesday to third-degree murder and was sentenced to six to 12 years in state prison for his role in the shooting.

Although the video references a killing made in broad daylight, the lyrics are too vague to link the video definitively to the murder in Easton, Dally ruled. It's unclear who wrote the lyrics and whether they are autobiographical to the defendants, he ruled.

Dally will allow defense attorneys to introduce evidence that Raymond was a gang member. Defense attorneys may argue at trial that Raymond was a member of a rival gang, which explains why the defendants were at the crime scene and why they may have feared for their safety and needed to be armed.

Dally ruled in favor of prosecutors and will allow witness Monserrat Rosas to testify that she saw Martin at the crime scene. Rosas was a schoolmate of Alleyne's at Easton Area High School and no one disputes her ability to recognize Alleyne, but attorneys felt her identification of Martin may have been incorrect.

She picked Martin out of a photo array, Dally noted in his ruling.

Jury selection in the murder trial is slated to start Tuesday.

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