Pass Judgment on Stopping Younger Thug’s YSL Trial in Georgia Amid Malpractice Proceedings

The Fulton County High Court decision on Ural Glenville made the miraculous announcement as attorneys gathered for a private hearing to read the transcript of the June 10 meeting between the judge, prosecutors and Kenneth Copeland. , a young thug assistant and megastar eyewitness in a gang conspiracy case.

Several defense attorneys have called for Glanville to be removed from overseeing the case, calling his meeting with a sworn eyewitness “inappropriate” and accusing the judge and prosecutors of pressuring a key eyewitness to testify. Have – offers which Glanville rejected.

Ultimately, Brian Mettle, Young Thug’s supreme attorney, was found guilty of criminal contempt and ordered to serve 20 weekend days in jail, after he interrogated Glanville about the meeting and refused to testify. Given who told him about it – a sentence from the Georgia Supreme Court docket then stayed as a metal appeal.

On Monday, Glanville immediately held a public hearing and announced from the bench that she planned to make public the entire transcript of the meeting with Copeland “so everyone has a chance to see it.” He reversed himself, saying he would send a rejection motion for another decision to decide whether the case should remain.

“We’ll be in recess until then,” Glanville announced.

The announcement caught many by surprise, including prosecutors, who immediately raised concerns about the impact on the jury in the longest-running criminal trial in Georgia history, 18 months and counting. Jurors have not heard testimony in the case since June 17 amid controversies over Copeland’s testimony and evidence problems.

“Do we have any timeline as to when the motion to withdraw from the case will be heard?” requested Simon Hilton, Fulton County deputy attorney and lead prosecutor on the case.

“I don’t know,” Glanville responded. “I have nothing to do with it.”

The dramatic twist comes as the fraud trial against Young Thug, whose real name is Jeffrey Lamar Williams, has been beset by jury and eyewitness issues and various day-to-day turmoil, which played out on a cold Has gone. High-profile prosecution led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis (D).

The Young Thug prosecution is one of two high-profile criminal racketeering cases being prosecuted through Willis’ office. Last summer, the veteran prosecutor announced charges against former President Donald Trump and several of his friends, alleging they hatched a criminal conspiracy to try to overturn Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia.

That case is now at a standstill, as Trump and others appeal a judge’s decision to allow Willis to prosecute the case because of her alleged romantic dating with the former Supreme Prosecutor.

Young Thug and 27 other associates were indicted in May 2022 as part of a sweeping grand jury indictment that alleged the rapper and his friends were members of a violent criminal gang in Atlanta.

Prosecutors alleged that Young Thug was the leader of the group, known as YSL, or Young Slime Ear, and he was charged with criminal racketeering and gang charges, while others were charged with various violent crimes, including murder and armed attempt. Was accused of crimes. Theft.

Young Thug’s lawyers have protested, claiming that YSL is just a file label and have attacked prosecutors for introducing Young Thug’s lyrics as evidence at trial, arguing that his poems are merely were creative echoes, not literal repetitions of criminal acts.

Jury selection in the case began in January 2023 and took 10 months. Opening statements took the field in late November – although the trial was halted almost immediately, after one of Young Thug’s co-defendants was stabbed in jail and hospitalized. Complaints resumed in January, but they were hampered by continued delays, including ongoing discord between legal professionals and the judge.

Monday marked the trial’s 100th day since opening statements, though jurors have heard testimony for the most part of those days. Prosecutors are not yet among an estimated eyewitness list of more than 200 people.

Lawyers in the case have suggested the trial could last until 2025 or beyond – although that was before the actual uproar, which has raised questions about the timing of the trials and whether Glanville will keep control of the case.

Defense attorneys have repeatedly accused Glanville of bias, claims the experience has only intensified in recent weeks. In a motion on June 17, Mettle accused Glanville of being an unofficial member of the prosecution in order to convict his client.

The same day, attorneys for another co-defendant filed an extreme petition to the Georgia Supreme Court to halt the case and consider whether Glanville should withdraw from it – a request that the high court denied by refusing to consider procedural issues. Gave. There was no hearing in the lower court first.

“Glanville’s actions violate the public’s confidence in the independence, integrity, and impartiality of the judiciary,” Doug Weinstein, an attorney for rapper Yak Gotti, whose real name is DeMonte Kendrick, wrote in the motion. “Glanville’s failure to follow the law gives rise to the appearance of impropriety and prejudice in the present litigation.”

Although it declined to hear the motion, the Georgia Supreme Court specifically stated in its decision that if Weinstein were to file his case in Fulton County Court, Glanville “would be disqualified from presiding over the case” and “A separate judge will consider.”

Weinstein entered his plea in Fulton County on Friday, which was assigned to another judge.

It’s dense if that’s why the events happened on Monday. From the bench, Glanville will put what he said into writing, describing the timeline of events that led to the private meeting with Copeland. He cited various items of case regulation as he argued that he had done nothing else inappropriate.

“In this particular case, the court’s opinion based on case law is that this was a reasonable ex parte meeting,” Glanville said.