A Philadelphia judge on Friday agreed to dismiss all criminal counts against Leonard Keith Hill, the founder of Hill & Associates, in the 2023 shooting outside a Center City cigar bar. The move came just days before Hill was set for a bench trial and abruptly pulled the plug on a closely watched case. Prosecutors dropped aggravated assault and related weapons and tampering charges. Hill’s attorneys have maintained he acted in self-defense, while prosecutors declined to comment on why they backed away from the case. The prosecution had already drawn scrutiny after the district attorney’s office pursued an unusually structured diversion deal last year.
According to The Philadelphia Inquirer, prosecutors moved to dismiss the case Friday morning, shortly before…..