The new judge on Young Thug's RICO trial is setting new rules in the case as defense lawyers seek to remove the two prosecutors tied to secret meeting
’s racketeering and gang conspiracy trial in Atlanta held her first hearing in the problem-plagued proceeding Friday and signaled she plans to enforce order over what has become the longest criminal trial in Georgia’s state history.“I want to be moving forward efficiently and expeditiously,” Judge Whitaker said at the morning hearing attended by the lawyers for the six co-defendants, including Young Thug, who are the first to face a jury underhanded down in 2022.
Appearing somewhat bewildered by the length of the trial so far, Judge Whitaker asked for “realistic” lists of witnesses still expected to testify. Prosecutors, who gave their, so far have called at least 75 people to the witness stand. It’s a staggering number for any trial but not even half of the names on the state’s whittled-down list. On Friday, Judge Whitaker made it clear she planned to scrutinize the lists for wasteful overlap.
The judge then addressed the elephant in the room. “It definitely has appeared that there have been times that tempers have flared a whole lot, and that people have been maybe less than professional,” Whitaker said, adding that she hoped the weeks-long pause initiated by Judge Glanville back on July 1, when he agreed to let another judge rule on his recusal, had given everyone a “breather.
, Steel and Adams say Young Thug, born Jeffery Williams, is “innocent of all crimes” in the indictment and has a constitutional right to due process and a fair trial. They argue that Love and Hylton violated those rights when they participated in the secret meeting with states witness Kenneth Copeland. They argue Love and Hylton “knowingly made false and misleading assertions to Mr. Copeland” and “provided legally incorrect information to Mr. Copeland in order to persuade Mr.
Speaking at a podium Friday, Steel informed the court that Copeland continued testifying over four separate dates after the recusal motion, with jurors taking notes that might have to be confiscated.Ariana Madix Sued Over Sandwich Shop, Two Days After Tom Sandoval Lawsuitearlier this month, defense lawyer Douglas Weinstein, who represents Williams’ co-defendant and fellow rapper Deamonte “Yak Gotti” Kendrick, said the need to rewind the trial back to June 12 appears problematic.
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