Judge Ural Granville may have done irreparable damage to Young Thug’s Georgia RICO trial. According to Douglas Weinstein, attorney for his co-defendant Yak Gotti, the YSL rapper faces a potential mistrial after the judge recused himself.
Weinstein said state law requires the trial to be postponed until June 12. , which could force a new judge to declare a mistrial.
“I don’t want to put the cart before the horse, but if we ask for a mistrial, it is because we were incited to do so by the conduct of the prosecution and the judge, and given that incitement, double jeopardy should be attached. [Yak Gotti] There should be no retrial,” Weinstein told Rolling Stone’s Nancy Dillon.
On Monday (July 15), Judge Rachel Krause ordered Judge Granville to recuse herself from the YSL RICO trial. Defense attorneys asked Glanville to recuse himself from secret meetings with Copeland and prosecutors.
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Young Thug’s attorney, Brian Steel, confronted Glanville about the June meeting. Steele accused Glanville and prosecutors of forcing Copeland to testify at the trial. Granville demands to know who told Steele about the meeting. Steele declined to disclose his sources. Granville sentenced Steele to 20 days in jail for contempt of court.
The Georgia Supreme Court granted Steele bail, sparing him jail time. Young Thug and his co-defendants continue to demand that Glanville be removed from the trial. Glanville initially refused to recuse himself, then had the matter settled by another judge. Krause sided with the defense.
“This court has no doubt that Judge Granville can and will continue to hear the case impartially if the recusal motion is denied, but the ‘need to preserve public confidence in the judicial system’ favors excusing Judge Granville from further proceedings.” In this case,” Kraus ruled.
Young Thug’s trial was put on hold until Krause decided Glanville recused himself. The young thug remains in jail.
