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Melly’s murder case faces complications

YNW Melly’s murder case is now even more complicated due to the investigation of his leading defense attorney, Raven Liberty, for witness tampering.

Liberty reportedly shares a connection with a case seeking tampering against the rapper himself from 2023 but has not been charged or commented on. Melly’s legal team says they want further information about what the attorney has been engaged in before making any plans on how they will proceed since it has been about a year since Melly had any direct in-person contact with Liberty.

Now, Jamell Demons, who also is the rapper’s real name, has a very tough decision to make regarding Liberty’s future on his defense team. Such changes, if made, could likely result in another delay for his retrial, now determined for September.

During Monday’s hearing (January 6) in court, the judge brought up a point that Melly had now spent over six years in lockup without being convicted. This incited a reaction from the rapper, aged 25, who was seen to laugh and say, “Damn,” as he tried to sound self-deprecating.

Melly waits to face retrial for double murder in the deaths of his friends, Anthony Williams and Christopher Thomas Jr., in 2018. The continuous unfolding nature of the case, together with the investigation of his attorney, adds uncertainty to this high-profile legal showdown.

Melly complains about jail conditions

YNW Melly files a lawsuit against Broward County Jail for what he terms as cruel and unusual conditions in jail, according to WPLG Local 10.

In the suit, Melly alleges being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, denied proper medical care, and deprived of adequate outdoor time. He is seeking immediate release, arguing that the conditions are violating his constitutional rights and harming his health. Since 2019, Melly has been awaiting trial for the alleged murder of two men.

“Demons is a black male whose current detention conditions shock the conscience and could not even be imagined in this day and age even in a third-world country that has no guard rails protecting human decency and dignity,” the suit reads.

“For over three years, Petitioner Jamell Demons has not been permitted to make a single phone call or have a single visit with his family or any member of the outside world, including not seeing or speaking with his own mother in over three years!!!

“Demons has and continues to be subjected to the type of debilitating isolation that renders his conditions of incarceration cruel, unusual and beyond belief in a civilized society governed by Constitutional safeguards.”

Melly’s attorneys say the calls are irrelevant in case

YNW Melly’s legal defense has made a filing to have phone calls between the rapper, his co-defendant YNW Bortlen and his ex-girlfriend Mariah Hamilton blocked from being used as evidence, according to XXL.

The defense argued that the calls are “irrelevant, inadmissible hearsay,” but prosecutors countered with their own filing requesting the judge to turn down Melly’s motion. The prosecution wants the court to acquire phone calls, videos and pictures from Bortlen’s phone.

Melly’s murder case ended in mistrial

YNW Melly’s murder case came to an end on Saturday (July 23) after Broward Circuit Judge John Murphy ruled a mistrial. This was after a 12-member jury reached a deadlock and couldn’t return a unanimous verdict. YMW Melly’s mother took to social media shortly after to claim that nine out of the 12 jurors voted not guilty.

“9 not Guilty 3 guilty it was a mistrial my son will be home God is still working,” she wrote on Instagram stories.

Melly was being charged with shooting and killing his two friends YNW SakChaser and YNW Juvy in 2018. The prosecutors will likely go for a mistrial.

Prosecutors likely to pursue retrial

YNW Melly’s murder trial ended on Saturday (July 22) with Broward Circuit Judge John Murphy rulling a mistrial. Per AP News, a 12-member jury failed to return a unanimous verdict following three days of deliberation. The panel had earlier on told the judge that they had reached a deadlock.

The prosecutors are likely to file for a retrial. They had been seeking the death penalty.

Melly was being accused of shooting to death his two friends YNW SakChaser and YNW Juvy inside a Jeep they were riding in in 2018. Prosecutors claim Melly and his co-defendant YNW Bortlen then staged a drive-by shooting and drove the bodies of their dead buddies to the hospital.

Judge refuses to rule mistrial in Melly’s case

YNW Melly’s double-murder case is still ongoing and during a hearing on Friday ( June 16), the Florida rapper and his defense were a little disappointed. According to a report by Law & Crime, the judge denied the defense’s motion to rule a mistrial.

The rapper’s lawyers filed a motion for a mistrial last week after the mother of Melly’s ex-girlfriend Felicia Holmes made a controversial testimony in the court. The defense argued that “the state deliberately put Holmes on the stand to taint the jury and make their client look bad.”

More people are streaming Melly’s music following commencement of murder trial

YNW Melly’s double murder trial began last week and it appears to have drawn more people to stream his music. Per multiple reports, as of Monday (June 19), Melly’s Spotify monthly listeners had surged by 8.2%, taking the figure to 10.5M.

The Florida rapper’s trial started on June 12 and is still ongoing. Melly is being accused of fatally shooting two of his associates: YNW SakChaser and YNW Juvy in October 2019. If found guilty, the “Mama Cry” rapper could be sentenced to death.

Melly wins a few victories in ongoing murder trail

YNW Melly and his legal defense scores some victory in the ongoing trial. On Thursday (June 15), day four of the trial, prosecutors presented Melly’s Snapchat memories that allegedly show the gun he used to kill his two friends as evidence.

Judge John Murphy III dismissed the SnapChat videos as “prejudicial.” He also denied the use of Melly’s “Murder On My Mind” music video as evidence, according to reports.

The Florida rapper is being accused of killing his two friends YNW SakChaser and YNW Juvy in October 2018. He is facing the death penalty if convicted.