YNW Melly Double Homicide Retrial Delayed For A Third Time

YNW Melly‘s double homicide retrial has as soon as once more been pushed again, and there appears to be no clear plans for a brand new begin date.

In keeping with court docket paperwork obtained by HipHopDX, the “Homicide on My Thoughts” rapper appeared in a Broward County court docket on Friday (January 12) for a protection motions’ listening to to dismiss the case, in opposition to which the prosecution naturally filed its objections.

Inside these identical paperwork, it was revealed that jury choice for the case will no longer start till March, which is when the trial was final rescheduled to. As of this writing, there is no such thing as a clear begin date for the retrial to start, because the trial can’t begin till the jury choice course of is full.

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It’s anticipated that the protection will conduct their obligatory interviews and depositions with varied witnesses throughout this delay.

Throughout YNW Melly’s court docket look final month, Choose John Murphy granted the “Homicide on My Thoughts” rapper’s request for a continuance. In that continuance, the staff waived YNW Melly’s proper to a speedy trial — which implies that they aren’t required to get began within the 180-day statutory requirement within the state of Florida.

Prosecutors have additionally entered greater than 55 songs into proof, with the intent to make use of the lyrics to such songs as “Homicide on My Thoughts” in opposition to the rapper when the jury trial lastly commences.

Melly’s legal professional Raven Liberty has tried to dam the rapper’s lyrics from getting used as proof in his retrial.

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“To obtain one thing this late within the recreation is simply half and parcel of what they’ve been doing all the time,” Liberty mentioned, including that the state legal professional’s workplace had assured Demons’ protection staff three years in the past that lyrics wouldn’t be used in opposition to him.

In October, Melly, his co-defendant YNW Bortlen, and a 3rd particular person, Terrence Mathis, have been charged with directing the actions of a legal gang and illegal use of a two-way communication system, in addition to solicitation and conspiracy to commit tampering.

These are along with the unique depend of tampering with a witness in a capital felony that Melly (actual title Jamell Demons) and Bortlen (actual title Cortlen Henry) have been beforehand charged with.

YNW Melly is accused of conspiring with YNW Bortlen in October 2018 to kill their two pals, YNW Juvy (Christopher Thomas Jr.) and YNW Sakchaser (Anthony Williams), and stage their deaths as a drive-by taking pictures.

If YNW Melly is convicted, he might face the demise penalty.