Drake‘s want is formally granted — he won’t be grilled by a protection lawyer about XXXTentacion‘s homicide … TMZ Hip Hop has discovered.

Choose Michael A. Usan signed off on Drake’s movement to keep away from the deposition … tossing the court docket’s earlier order calling for him to sit down down later this month and reply questions.

Protection lawyer Mauricio Padilla, who reps suspect Dedrick Williams, beforehand argued Drake wanted to be current for questioning resulting from an previous beef between XXX and him.

Drake’s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, although, advised the court docket Drizzy has no related info so as to add to the case — and the choose agreed.

It’s doable Padilla might attempt to present another trigger for Drake to be deposed, however the trial’s already underway … so, the clock’s ticking.