Young Thug Has No Luck With New RICO Judge; Denied Mistrial, Bond
Young Thug now has a 3rd decide assigned to his ongoing YSL RICO case, and so far, it seems like not a lot will change — his makes an attempt at a mistrial and to be launched on bond each failed.
The trial is now the longest in Georgia historical past at eight months, and it resumed on Tuesday (July 30), following a delay as they appointed a brand new decide.
Judge Paige Reese Whitaker had a number of filings to deal with, together with a request for a mistrial and for bond for Thug. She dominated no on each.
The former was filed by Thug’s lawyer based mostly on the unique decide’s discovering that his personal controversial ex parte listening to was not improper. Whitaker stated that declaring a mistrial for that motive can be equal to performing as an appeals court docket, which is past the scope of her obligations.
In the case of bond for Thug, she dominated that latest occasions don’t represent a “change in circumstances,” noting that Judge Ural Glanville was not eliminated as a result of he was biased.
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— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) July 30, 2024
Glanville, who had been overseeing the trial because it began, was eliminated on July 15 after he met with prosecutors and state witness Kenneth Copeland with out the data of Thug and his authorized crew.
He was then changed by Judge Shakura Ingram – who then recused herself on July 17 due to a romantic relationship her former courthouse deputy had with a co-defendant within the case. Whitaker was named as the brand new decide that very same day.
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Young Thug’s co-defendant and fellow YSL rapper Yak Gotti (actual title Deamonte Kendrick) additionally filed a movement for a mistrial within the turbulent case.
On this, Judge Whitaker stated the movement is much like the movement to disqualify the prosecutors (which she stated she wants extra time on) and that she wanted to undergo the transcripts just a little additional earlier than making a ruling.
Whitaker additionally stated she is going to make a “substantive finding” in regards to the ex parte listening to on Wednesday (July 31).
