Younger Thug Trial On Maintain Indefinitely

Younger Thug’s slow-moving RICO trial hit a roadblock on Monday (July 1). Choose Ural Glanville put the proceedings on maintain till one other decide decides if Glanville should recuse himself from the case.

Protection attorneys sought Glanville’s removing over a personal assembly with prosecutors and Kenneth Copeland, a key witness in Younger Thug’s trial. Younger Thug’s lawyer Brian Metal questioned the assembly in courtroom, leading to an explosive confrontation with Glanville in June.

The decide held Metal in felony contempt after the lawyer refused to disclose how he discovered in regards to the assembly. Metal was sentenced to twenty days in jail, however the Georgia Supreme Courtroom stayed his sentence. Glanville confronted important backlash for his dealing with of Metal.

Metal and others believed the protection was entitled to be current on the decide and prosecution’s controversial assembly with Copeland. The protection accused Glanville and prosecutors of pressuring Copeland to testify by threatening him with jail time.

Glanville beforehand denied requests in search of his recusal, insisting he did nothing fallacious.

“The one factor mentioned between the state and counsel for Mr. Copeland and this courtroom was the understanding of his immunity settlement,” Glanville mentioned. “There was no different testimonial statements, by way of what Mr. Copeland deliberate to testify to.”

Protection attorneys needed a separate decide to rule on Glanville’s alleged misconduct. Glanville unexpectedly agreed to let one other decide settle the matter and halted Younger Thug’s trial on Monday.

“We’ll be in recess till that point,” Glanville mentioned.

Prosecutors requested how lengthy the trial could be delayed. Glanville was not sure.

“Don’t know,” he mentioned, per the Atlanta Journal-Structure. “That has to go to a different decide pursuant to our guidelines. That’s not inside my data and purview … Hopefully, it’ll get finished pretty rapidly.”

Younger Thug’s trial is already the longest in Georgia’s historical past. He has remained in jail since his 2022 arrest.