Murder trial opens in death of Dartmouth battle rapper Pat Stay

Blair Rhodes · CBC News

· Posted: May 12, 2025 4:08 PM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

A proceedings opened successful Nova Scotia Supreme Court successful Dartmouth on Monday for the antheral accused of sidesplitting conflict rapper Pat Stay. 

Stay, 36, was stabbed extracurricular a bar in downtown Halifax successful September 2022 and died aboriginal successful hospital. Stay was a celebrated creator successful the euphony country and his decease spawned memorials and tributes.

Days aft the stabbing, constabulary arrested Adam Drake, 35. He is facing a second-degree execution charge.

The archetypal time of the proceedings was taken up with assemblage selection. Because of Stay's notoriety, prospective jurors faced a process called situation for cause, wherever they were questioned astir what they had heard astir the case.

They were besides asked whether they could enactment what they had heard retired of their minds and ore lone connected the grounds they were astir to hear.

A mates of prospective jurors said they couldn't conscionable that trial but a assemblage of 7 men and 7 women was inactive picked.

When it comes clip to deliberate astatine the extremity of the trial, 2 jurors volition beryllium chosen astatine random and sent home. Only 12 radical volition determine Drake's fate.

The proceedings is expected to tally until mid-June.