Shawty Redd can breathe easier now after a Georgia judge cleared him of murder charges. Early last year, Redd fatally shot an acquaintance inside his Hampton, GA home. According to Redd’s lawyer, Ashutosh Joshi:

“The defense [in the trial] was clearly self-defense,” Joshi told MTV News. “We argued that Redd’s life was threatened both verbally and physically, and this occurred in his home and that he shot this gentleman as a result of that.”