YNW Melly will not go to trial for witness tampering after prosecutors dropped the costs.
The Florida rapper’s trial was scheduled to start out on Wednesday (Jan. 21). Nonetheless, throughout a listening to on Tuesday (Jan. 20), prosecutors determined to drop the case.
Melly’s attorneys, Drew Findling and Carol Haughwout, have launched the next assertion to XXL concerning the replace within the case.
“On behalf of Jamell Demons, we welcome the dismissal of the alleged tampering and gang-related fees in courtroom this morning,” the assertion reads. “As his newly retained authorized workforce, it turned instantly obvious to us that no crimes had occurred. Sadly, for 652 days whereas these fees had been pending, the State didn’t attain the identical conclusion till the cusp of trial.”
The assertion continues: “We now sit up for looking for Mr. Demons’ launch from custody, the place he has been held underneath terribly restrictive situations for a lot too lengthy based mostly on premises the State has now deserted. His launch will enable him to completely and meaningfully take part in getting ready his protection within the forthcoming proceedings, which we intend to litigate vigorously.”
Melly has been behind bars since 2019, when he was charged with double-murder in reference to the killings of his childhood buddies Christopher “YNW Juvy” Thomas and Anthony “YNW Sakchaser” Williams in October of 2018. His first trial resulted in a mistrial in 2023. Nonetheless, prosecutors determined to retry the case.
In October of 2023, Melly was charged with witness tampering and accused of convincing his ex-girlfriend, Mariah Hamilton, and her mom, Felicia Holmes, to not testify within the first trial.
Melly’s double-murder retrial is scheduled for January of 2027.
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