YNW Melly got a big legal update last September, as he secured a new legal team ahead of his retrial for alleged double murder. Now, according to a report from NBC6 South Florida, his attorneys will argue on Monday (January 5) in favor of multiple motions they have proposed to the court. However, this relates to the Florida rapper’s witness tampering case, not the double murder retrial.
The biggest motion out of all of this is that defense lawyers are asking the Broward County judge in this witness tampering case to hide YNW Melly’s murder charges from the jury. They reportedly argued in their motion that such a revelation would be “highly prejudicial and of limited… value.” These motions reportedly seek to throw some evidence out of court ahead of the trial.
In addition, they also motioned to provide photographic documentation of Melly’s cell at the Broward County jail, along with a full inspection. This set-up behind bars removes his contact with other prisoners. Another motion seeks to prohibit the use of the 26-year-old’s lyrics in the trial. “None of the lyrics were written during the time the alleged crimes of witness tampering occurred. The lyrics are irrelevant to Demons’ innocence or guilt,” the motion reportedly reads…