Anyone following this Young Thug RICO murder trial?

[RobDownSouth]

Wow, I went down a rabbit hole last night watching highlights of the Young Thug RICO murder trial this week.
Background: Young Thug has some super-lawyer named Brian Steele representing him in a case where a rapper on his record label killed someone. The State is trying to prove a rap record label is actually a criminal enterprise.

On June 11th, the judge, his court reporter, two district attorneys, the sheriff and two deputies tried to coerce a witness into testifying in a hearing held in the judges chamber at 7 pm on a Friday night. The defense was not notified.. This is an egregious error that gets most cases thrown out of court. The witness was threatened with a 12 year jail term for not testifying (!!!). The witness eventually agreed to testify but said upfront he would "lie like hell under oath". The judge agreed (???)

Steele found out about this and asked for the transcript of the illegal ex parte meeting in open court. The judge publicly blew a gasket. WHO TOLD YOU? Steele declined to say. The judge cited the defense attorney for "contempt" for filing a routine motion and sentenced him to 20 days in jail.

The head of the GA defense lawyers association appeared in court in defense of Brian Steele and got into a titanic back-and-forth with the judge. She told him he was applying the rules of a civil contempt charge with the penalties of a criminal defense charge and the judge responded with 5 minutes of legal gobbledygook saying that he had the "right" to rule on a motion where he (the judge) was now a witness in the proceedings. The judge uttered the magic words "I'ma gonna get this matter resolved right now", throwing criminal procedure to the wind and opening up a legal shitstorm about prejudicial behavior.

The Steel team filed an immediate emergency appeal to the Appeals court and got the judge's sentence suspended in record time.

They then asked for the judge's recusal from the case because of his documented bias towards the prosecution and the judge denied the recusal. The defense then filed the "professional bitchslap", a writ of mandamus to the GA supreme court, asking them to intervened.

The judge has been all nicey-nice the past two days...he knows he's in the national spotlight and on very thin legal ice.

Worth watching (it's everywhere) you seldom see a defense attorney quietly and professionally skewer a criminal court judge over and over. Judge: "now that I've ruled here, is there anything else before we proceed?" Attorney: "Actually your honor there are quite a few unresolved issues that I'd like the court to address..."

 

[jaF0]

Yes, 'rap' is criminal and ALL participants should be expelled to Russia. No exceptions.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Yes, 'rap' is criminal and ALL participants should be expelled to Russia. No exceptions.

Best Rightguide impression of all time!
*nods*

 

[Chernosoth]

The State is trying to prove a rap record label is actually a criminal enterprise.

Suge Knight ran one of the more obvious examples. But basically all the big labels are shady.

 

[jaF0]

Judge removed from long-running gang and racketeering case against rapper Young Thug and others​

The judge who has been overseeing the long-running racketeering and gang prosecution against Young Thug and others in Atlanta has been removed from the case after two defendants filed motions seeking his recusal citing a meeting the judge held with prosecutors and a state witness.

 

[censurat]

and I thought this was a Hunter Biden thread

 

[Rightguide]

I've followed it on YouTube, what a steaming mess that is.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Judge removed from long-running gang and racketeering case against rapper Young Thug and others​

The judge who has been overseeing the long-running racketeering and gang prosecution against Young Thug and others in Atlanta has been removed from the case after two defendants filed motions seeking his recusal citing a meeting the judge held with prosecutors and a state witness.

This is the wildest trial I've seen in decades.

• The trial judge intimidated a defense witness in chambers (without the defense being present) and threatened unlimited jail time if he didn't cooperate. (defendant was a witness or accessory to a murder).
• Defense found out, asked for recusal due to clear judicial misconduct.
• Trial judge denied recusal request.
• Defense tried to appeal to appeals court.
• Trial judge denied appeal request (judge's permission is needed to process appeal during trial).
• Trial judge holds defense attorney Brian Steele in part civil/part criminal contempt of court, 20 days in jail.
• Brian Steele's attorney absolutely fucking shreds judge in open court, saying it's either ALL civil or ALL criminal, you can't have it both ways and there is no fucking way asking a legitimate motion is "contempt"
• Defense appealed the denial to GA Supreme Court.
• Supreme court vacates punitive jail time.
• Supreme court told appeals court to rule on recusal.
• Virtually the entire appeals court punted this issue, eventually sent it back to another trial court judge
• Trial court judge was best friend of Judge Glanville (!!!)
• BFF judge ruled Judge Glanville did nothing "technically wrong" BUT the reputation of the entire GA legal system was now "at risk" (no shit Sherlock), so she recused Judge Glanville.
• Judge Glanville's professional career is over....he just doesn't know this yet.

NOW the fun part starts. There is a new judge hearing the case. Since Judge Glanville participated in intimidating a defense witness, he can (and probably will) now be sworn to testify as an additional defense withness.

Defense has two options...ask for a mistrial and throw away two months of courtroom testimony, or continue and put the judge on the witness stand. Legal experts say this would likely confuse the hell out of the jury (why is the judge removed? Why is he testifying now?)

This guy Young Thug seems to be nothing but ghetto trash, but his attorney Brian Steele has been a superstar and the head of the Trial Lawyer's association was magnificent.

The head of the Trial Lawyer's association was also the person who got Fanni Willis removed from convicted felon Donald J. Trump's criminal trial in Georgia.

 

[Rightguide]

This is the wildest trial I've seen in decades.

• The trial judge intimidated a defense witness in chambers (without the defense being present) and threatened unlimited jail time if he didn't cooperate. (defendant was a witness or accessory to a murder).
• Defense found out, asked for recusal due to clear judicial misconduct.
• Trial judge denied recusal request.
• Defense tried to appeal to appeals court.
• Trial judge denied appeal request (judge's permission is needed to process appeal during trial).
• Trial judge holds defense attorney Brian Steele in part civil/part criminal contempt of court, 20 days in jail.
• Brian Steele's attorney absolutely fucking shreds judge in open court, saying it's either ALL civil or ALL criminal, you can't have it both ways and there is no fucking way asking a legitimate motion is "contempt"
• Defense appealed the denial to GA Supreme Court.
• Supreme court vacates punitive jail time.
• Supreme court told appeals court to rule on recusal.
• Virtually the entire appeals court punted this issue, eventually sent it back to another trial court judge
• Trial court judge was best friend of Judge Glanville (!!!)
• BFF judge ruled Judge Glanville did nothing "technically wrong" BUT the reputation of the entire GA legal system was now "at risk" (no shit Sherlock), so she recused Judge Glanville.
• Judge Glanville's professional career is over....he just doesn't know this yet.

NOW the fun part starts. There is a new judge hearing the case. Since Judge Glanville participated in intimidating a defense witness, he can (and probably will) now be sworn to testify as an additional defense withness.

Defense has two options...ask for a mistrial and throw away two months of courtroom testimony, or continue and put the judge on the witness stand. Legal experts say this would likely confuse the hell out of the jury (why is the judge removed? Why is he testifying now?)

This guy Young Thug seems to be nothing but ghetto trash, but his attorney Brian Steele has been a superstar and the head of the Trial Lawyer's association was magnificent.

The head of the Trial Lawyer's association was also the person who got Fanni Willis removed from convicted felon Donald J. Trump's criminal trial in Georgia.

Understand as well that the prosecutors in this case work for Fani Willis. Her office and the particular prosecutors in this case are also being accused of corruption. I think Steele has filed a motion to remove the case completely from the Fulton County jurisdiction. Glanville himself is a former General officer in the U.S Army.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Glanville himself is a former General officer in the U.S Army.

He still is. Brigadier General in the US Army Reserve. I had no idea!

A very unusual career... deployed to three separate combat zones in two decades as the "boots on the ground" Judge Advocate General officer? I had no idea JAG officers (lawyers) served in frontline combat zones. He was tasked with cleaning up the mess at Abu Ghraib (remember that shitshow?)

Evidently his final deployment to Afghanistan was as a bird colonel and then Brig General was to function as the "final say" in theater rule of engagement vs. Geneva Accords conflicts.

Gives his "I YAM THE LAW!' posturing a bit more context. I'm guessing hew was quite comfortable making up the law as he went along.

He's been an awful judge throughout this trial, favoring the state at every opportunity.

 

[Rightguide]

He still is. Brigadier General in the US Army Reserve. I had no idea!

A very unusual career... deployed to three separate combat zones in two decades as the "boots on the ground" Judge Advocate General officer? I had no idea JAG officers (lawyers) served in frontline combat zones. He was tasked with cleaning up the mess at Abu Ghraib (remember that shitshow?)

Evidently his final deployment to Afghanistan was as a bird colonel and then Brig General was to function as the "final say" in theater rule of engagement vs. Geneva Accords conflicts.

Gives his "I YAM THE LAW!' posturing a bit more context. I'm guessing hew was quite comfortable making up the law as he went along.

He's been an awful judge throughout this trial, favoring the state at every opportunity.

He's said to have had a stellar career in law. He did advance to become the Chief Judge. He made a mistake in hosting that ex parte conference with a sworn witness in a manner implying coercion without notifying the remaining defense counsels. Steele jumped on that and the rest is now history. I don't see how this trial can proceed. It kicked off in November of 2023 a lot of time money and effort has been expended. It's almost as if they might have to start all over in a different county.

 

[Rightguide]

Looks like the second judge has recused herself. Judge Sukura Ingram has recused herself and the incoming judge, Paige Whitaker, may herself become the target of a motion for mistrial in the coming days or weeks based on something her record that is known to the defense..

 

[jaF0]

Second judge in Young Thug RICO case recuses herself​

The Fulton County judge cited an "appearance of impropriety" following her courthouse deputy's arrest on suspicion of colluding with one of the defendants in the case.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Second judge in Young Thug RICO case recuses herself​

The Fulton County judge cited an "appearance of impropriety" following her courthouse deputy's arrest on suspicion of colluding with one of the defendants in the case.

oh I missed this little sideshow. A judge's courthouse deputy was arrested of "colluding with the defendant".....he took a bribe from the defendant's family to smuggle contraband into the jail. That's some pretty serious collusion and calling it "the appearance of impropriety" is a cosmic level understatement.