YNW Melly appeared in a Florida courtroom in the present day (June 12) for the primary day of his trial for the alleged murder of two friends. The rapper born Jamell Maurice Demons pleaded not responsible in 2019. He could face the death penalty if discovered responsible of first-degree homicide. Within the opening arguments, YNW Melly’s lawyer, David Howard, stated the prosecution’s investigation had been “incompetent and incomplete,” and that his shopper had no cause to kill his associates.
Prosecutors introduced the case they put ahead upon the preliminary costs in 2019: YNW Melly shot and killed Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas Jr. and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams on October 26 in South Florida, after which staged the crime scene to appear to be a drive-by taking pictures. They cited surveillance video of Melly together with his co-defendant, Cortlen “YNW Bortlen” Henry, in addition to the 2 victims, in YNW Bortlen’s automotive when YNW Bortlen had claimed the taking pictures occurred. Prosecutors additionally claimed that cellphone information, blood spatter proof, and a bullet casing within the automotive point out the 4 younger males have been collectively the night time of the crime and that the victims have been shot useless from contained in the automotive.
Throughout the first day of trial, the state referred to as up witnesses together with police and hospital employees to determine a timeline of the night time of the shootings.
