GA - Rapper Young + others indicted on RICO & other charges, May 2022. Trial ongoing April 2023, interruptions, lawyer arrested. Fulton County.

[Chelly]

@cathyrusson

I should have worded that better. Judge will allow detective Mark Belknap to testify as a gang expert. He will also be testifying as a detective in this case. #YSL #YoungThug


5:23 PM · Nov 13, 2023

Yay! I learned some new gang jargon from his testimony today.

 

[Tippy Lynn]

I watched the motions today. I have a feeling this trial will have some courtroom entertainment.

 

[Tippy Lynn]

The tension between the defense and the prosecution is so thick you can almost feel it.

 

[arielilane]

It's 11:15 and #YoungThug hearing still hasn't begun. It was set to start at 10am. This is very typical and very frustrating.....


Motions hearing continues today in #YSL #YoungThug case. State will call two more witnesses they seek to qualify as gang experts. Court scheduled to begin at 10am. https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hf689Q1_rkY

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724438759658131664

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724438759658131664

 

[Elliot_Alderson]

Fani WIllis has some big trials going on right now.

 

[arielilane]

@cathyrusson

2 1/2 hours late! Finally court is in session in #YoungThug #YSL.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hf689Q1_rkY

12:32 PM · Nov 14, 2023

 

[Tippy Lynn]

The gang experts have been very interesting.

 

[arielilane]

Contempt hearing this morning for a potential juror (not a seated juror) In the past Judge Glanville has given various contempt sentences, IE: write a 30 page essay, etc... #YoungThug #YSL

https://youtube.com/live/iSPwgUcvjBc?si=xvAw92H-jvoal_8i via @YouTube

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724799663931584785

 

[Tippy Lynn]

It's been a wild day in that courtroom today. Juror 144 got charged with contempt of court and there's been one argument after the next. I've never seen anything like it.

 

[arielilane]

Who else is ready for a 6 month trial?! I'm thinking of getting the 95-page indictment bound so it's easier to keep together for notes.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724925411430191439

https://twitter.com/cathyrusson

 

[Tippy Lynn]

Who else is ready for a 6 month trial?! I'm thinking of getting the 95-page indictment bound so it's easier to keep together for notes.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1724925411430191439

https://twitter.com/cathyrusson

I would buy one!! Seriously!

 

[Chelly]

Today's live stream

 

[arielilane]

WATCH LIVE: Young , YSL RICO Trial - GA v. Jeffery Williams, et al -...

https://youtube.com/live/3hfoCcA1WEg?si=_D-5dn4sEy7WtvQA via @YouTube

https://twitter.com/x/status/1726624613755748587

 

[arielilane]

@cathyrusson

Important motions today in #YSL #YoungThug hearing. Opening statements are one week from today. One of motions today include the prosecution wanting 's lawyer, Brian Steel, disqualified. (I can't see that happening with one week until trial).


10:47 AM · Nov 20, 2023

 

[arielilane]

Williams in green and red today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1726628335541997909

 

[Chelly]

Today's live stream

 

[Chelly]

A good link to catchup on The YSL Rico case:

https://www.courttv.com/news/ga-v-williams-et-al-young--racketeering-trial/

...Prosecutors allege that the YSL gang started in 2012 on Cleveland Ave. in Atlanta and is associated with the national Bloods gang. Founded by 32-year-old rapper Young (aka Slime), DK (aka Walter Murphy) and Tick (aka Trontavious Stevens, aka Slug), the gang rose to prominence partly because of references to it in songs and on social media...

 

[arielilane]

Timeline in #YSL #YoungThug RIco trial:

28 defendants were indicted in May 2022.
Jury selection began Jan. 3.
9 defendants took plea deals.
12 were severed.
1 defendant is still on the run.
6 defendants left in this current trial.
It took 10 months to seat a jury - Nov. 1, 2023.
Opening statements Nov. 27, 2023.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1726796156108496923

9:54 PM · Nov 20, 2023





@cathyrusson

10pm and #YSL #YoungThug hearing still going.

10:02 PM · Nov 20, 2023





DENIED: Defense motion to supress both the 2017 and 2018 traffic stops that resulted in charges against Quamarvious Nichols denied by Judge Glanville. It only took until 10:21 pm to get the ruling.... Court adjourned until 9:30 am tomorrow (we all know it will start much later than that). #YSL #YoungThug


10:22 PM · Nov 20, 2023

 

[arielilane]

DENIED-ish: Judge Glanville has defered ruling on the state's motion to disqualify #YoungThug's attorney, Brian Steel, however has left it open to revisit it if something comes up at trial that warrants it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1727062439815200784

 

[Tippy Lynn]

The state tried to get him disqualified back in June, 2022, but lost.
The Fulton County District Attorney’s office claimed that Brian Steel, a prominent Atlanta-area criminal defense lawyer, should be disqualified because he represents some of the other 27 alleged gang members named in the sweeping criminal case. Steel and another lawyer argued back that Young should not be deprived of his “chosen counsel” as he fights for his life in court.

https://www.billboard.com/business/legal/young--judge-his-own-attorney-brian-steel-1235081144/