Yella Beezy’s capital homicide trial was postponed to August 24 after the rapper’s mom died, and the protection cited an enormous proof dump within the MO3 case.
Yella Beezy‘s capital homicide trial obtained pushed again to August 24 after the Dallas rapper’s mom died earlier this month. Yella Beezy was too unhappy to attend his January 16 pretrial listening to as a result of he was coping with his mother’s demise.
His attorneys informed the court docket they wanted extra time to deal with each the household tragedy and what they’re calling an proof overload from prosecutors. Decide Chika Anyiam granted the postponement movement filed by protection attorneys John Gussio and Toby Shook on January 12.
The trial was initially set to start out on February 2.
Yella Beezy faces capital homicide costs for allegedly hiring Kewon White and Devin Maurice Brown to kill fellow Dallas rapper MO3 again in November 2020. Prosecutors say Yella Beezy paid the 2 males to gun down MO3 on Interstate 35E throughout rush hour site visitors.
The protection crew says they’re drowning in discovery supplies. Courtroom filings present prosecutors dumped over 16 terabytes of digital proof on Yella Beezy’s attorneys. That features surveillance footage, telephone data, jail calls, and video information from 18-wheelers that captured the freeway chase.
“A lot of the invention has no relation to ]Yella Beezy],” his legal professional wrote within the movement. “This discovery isn’t materials to the result of the case. Nor has it revealed any new or related details in regards to the case.”
The submitting continues: “There’re audit information, jail calls, and plenty of different information that aren’t related to the case. There’re video information the place many minutes go and nothing occurs. There’re quite a few video information and different information displaying or describing the identical occasion which are duplicative.”
Kim Child ! the place do I begin ? My Mama , My Sister , My Greatest Buddy, My World , My All the pieces…. I’m so empty proper now I cant even clarify. I wouldn’t want this ache on my worst enemy…. My BaccBone , My life …. How I’m imagined to reside with out you ? Who im supposed to speak to… pic.twitter.com/1yruTtfZlL
— Yella Beezy (@YellaBeezy214) January 18, 2026
Yella Beezy posted an emotional tribute to his mom on Instagram. He shared images and movies of them collectively via the years.
“Kim Child! the place do I begin? My Mama, My Sister, My Greatest Buddy, My World, My All the pieces…. I’m so empty proper now I cant even clarify,” he wrote. “I wouldn’t want this ache on my worst enemy…. My BaccBone, My life…. How I’m imagined to reside with out you?”
The rapper has been on home arrest with digital monitoring since posting $750,000 bond in March 2025. His bond was initially set at $2 million, then decreased.
White and Brown additionally face capital homicide costs in the identical case. White’s trial obtained moved from February 2 to August 24, the identical date as Yella Beezy’s new trial.
If convicted of capital homicide, Yella Beezy, White and Brown every face life in jail with out parole or the demise penalty. Either side will meet once more subsequent week to finalize the brand new August trial schedule and deal with remaining pretrial motions.
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