The trial of Young Dolph ‘s alleged murderers is off to a bombshell start, as one of the accused shooters confessed on the stand, and even implicated his co-defendant.
While testifying Monday, Cornelius Smith admitted he was indeed the man seen firing the semi-automatic weapon in the November 2021 surveillance footage that captured the Memphis rap superstar’s murder .
According to Smith, he had no emotions at the time he took Dolph’s life, he was simply attempting to line his pockets with cash — $100,000 to be exact, paid by Yo Gotti ‘s now deceased brother Big Jook , who, himself was murdered in January.
Smith also testified that Justin Johnson was his accomplice in the murder and fingered him as the man firing the handgun. He also implicated the other suspect Hernandez Govan as his former drug dealer, and the person who informed them Jook had a $100k bounty on Dolph.
Smith said he and Johnson only knew each other for “a few months” before the shooting but the plan was for them to take $40k each and give Govan $10k.