Adidja ' Vybz Kartel' Palmer, Shawn 'Shawn Storm' Campbell, Kahira Jones and Andre St. John will know their fate on Wednesday.
The Court of Appeal is scheduled to hand down its decision in the Vybz Kartel case on Wednesday.
This was disclosed Monday.
The Appeal Court reserved its decision last month following submissions by Vybz Kartel's attorneys that he should not be retried with his co-accused for the murder of Clive 'Lizard' William.
They argued he should be released from custody following the Privy Council's ruling that quashed the men's convictions.
Vybz Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, and his co-accused, Shawn 'Shawn Storm' Campbell, Kahira Jones and Andre St. John had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2014 for the 2011 murder of Clive Williams.
But in a ruling in March, the Privy Council overturned the convictions and sent the matter back to the Court of Appeal for a decision on whether the men should be retried.
The attorneys for the men argued that their continued detention was a breach of their constitutional rights.
They also argued that the men would not get a fair trial due to the publicity surrounding the case.
But this has been dismissed by the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions which contended that the necessary safeguards were in place to give them a fair trial.
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