Incarcerated rappers Younger Thug and Gunna seem like in good spirits in accordance with newly-released jail pictures, whereas the pair stay behind bars for a lot of the yr as they await the outcomes of their RICO case.
On Thursday (November 17), Younger Thug and Gunna made appearances at court docket hearings, with each seeking to be in good spirits, with Thugger even flashing a smile in what seems to be a zoom court docket convention name.
In line with Billboard, prosecutors had requested the choose to delay the trial for 2 months.
Decide Denies Prosecutors Request To Transfer Trial Date, With Jury Choice Scheduled For January 5
The trial is scheduled to start in January, however prosecutors wished it pushed again till March, arguing that 28 of the defendants had not but obtained attorneys.
Nonetheless, a choose in the end denied their request, with jury choice reported to begin on January 5.
In the meantime, Thugger and Gunna have each petitioned for bond a number of instances, and had been denied on every event.
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The outlet additionally reviews that there usually are not sufficient court-appointed attorneys to signify the big quantities of defendants within the case – 28 in complete.
Gunna’s attorneys allegedly mentioned they might be in search of a fourth bond listening to, with authorities claiming the 2 rappers are too harmful to be launched, having voiced issues that they could threaten witnesses, in accordance with Billboard.
Prosecutors Cite Rappers’ Violent Lyrics, Request To Use Them Throughout Trial
Final month, Thug’s lawyer Brian Metal informed the court docket it was “unjust that (Thugger) rots in county jail,” and that it “has been too lengthy to go away a human being in custody with out trial.”
“It’s unjust that Mr. Williams rots within the county jail and … is being required to attend on the appointment of counsel for co-indictees,” Younger Thug’s lawyer Brian Metal, said again in October. “It has been too lengthy to go away a human being in custody with out trial, with out discovery, with out the statutory proper to a speedy trial and with out bond.”
Prosecutors have additionally cited the rappers’ violent lyrics, claiming Younger Thug alluded to or outright confessed to crimes in his songs. Whereas the state needs to make use of these lyrics as proof, his well-known colleagues are rallying towards it.
State Intends On Calling Upwards Of 300 Witnesses, Which Will Take Months Of Testimony
Earlier this week, The Shade Room reported that the state intends on calling upwards of 300 witnesses, which can possible take months of testimony.
We additionally solely broke a story on Younger Thug’s movement to dismiss his case.
Younger Thug‘s attorneys want to have his RICO case dismissed based mostly on a technicality, accusing the district lawyer of submitting “sham” and “pretend” grand jury subpoenas because the rap star continues to languish in Georgia’s Cobb County Jail, The Shade Room can solely report.
On November 3, Brian Metal of The Metal Legislation Agency, who’s representing Thugger, filed a movement to dismiss all fees towards their shopper on grounds of prosecutors abusing “it’s authority by using a sham Grand Jury Subpoena.”