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State To Reportedly Call 300 Witnesses During Young Thug RICO Trial—Could Require Months Of Testimony

<p>The state of Georgia says it will be calling 300 witnesses during <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;young&plus;thug&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Young Thug<&sol;strong><&sol;a> and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;gunna&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Gunna<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&&num;8216&semi;s RICO trial&comma; which will likely require months of testimony&comma; according to the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ajc&period;com&sol;news&sol;crime&sol;trial-of-young-thug-gunna-and-26-other-defendants-set-to-begin-in-january&sol;IL3WFUXD35FY7KLAFWUELL72GI&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>Atlanta Journal-Constitution<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"c-section b-sectionHome-padding full-width b-clear-both b-margin-bottom-d40-m20 mark-text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"c-contentElements mark-text">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"story-text mark-text" data-index&equals;"1">The trial of the two Atlanta rappers and 26 other defendants is set to start in January in Fulton County&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;" data-index&equals;"1">Prosecutors Had Recently Filed Motion To Delay Trial Until March&comma; But Judge Denied Motion On Thursday<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"c-section b-sectionHome-padding b-margin-bottom-d40-m20 mark-text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"c-contentElements mark-text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"is-deferred arc&lowbar;ad &vert; RP01 b-margin-bottom-d30-m20 c-rightRail ">Prosecutors had recently filed a motion in an effort to delay the trial until March&comma; however Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville denied that motion on Thursday&comma; the outlet reports&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1593256997327101952" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The state had said it could take three-and-a-half months to complete calling all the witnesses during trial&comma; with Judge Glanville positing that it will likely take closer to o six to nine months&comma; according to George Chidi&comma; a reporter with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;theatlantaobjective&period;substack&period;com" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>The Atlanta Objective<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Chidi happened to be in court on Thursday and revealed that sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s deputies arrested a court bystander for reportedly having a phone in court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Social Media Expresses Shock At State&&num;8217&semi;s Intent On Calling 300 Witnesses For YSL RICO Trial<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Reactions to the news made their rounds on social media&comma; with many expressing shock at the sheer number of witnesses the state plans to call upon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;<span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">They got <&sol;span><span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">300<&sol;span><span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> witnesses they’re calling on in that RICO case against <&sol;span><span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Young Thug<&sol;span><span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> and YSL&period; They are making sure he never gets out of prison&period; How many years they’ve been building this case&quest;&&num;8221&semi; one person tweeted&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1593280163420274688" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Another wrote &&num;8220&semi;they are definitely getting random people off the street to testify against <&sol;span><span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">young thug<&sol;span> <span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">300<&sol;span><span class&equals;"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0"> people&quest; No damn way&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Ugh&period; They are cooked&comma;&&num;8221&semi; a third tweeted&period; &&num;8220&semi;🤦🏾 they tryna fry these guys man&&num;8230&semi;&period;300 witnesses&quest;&quest;&quest;&&num;8221&semi; another commenter noted&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">News Comes Just One Week After Hugger&&num;8217&semi;s Lawyers Filed Motion To Have Case Dismissed On Technicality<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;exclusive-young-thugs-lawyer-seeks-to-have-rico-case-tossed-on-technicality-accuses-da-of-prosecutorial-misconduct-abuse-of-grand-jury-power&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;a> exclusively reported last week&comma; Young Thug&OpenCurlyQuote;s lawyers are looking to have his RICO case dismissed based on a technicality&comma; accusing the district attorney of filing &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;sham” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;fake” grand jury subpoenas as the rap star continues to languish in Georgia’s Cobb County Jail&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On November 3&comma; Brian Steel of The Steel Law Firm&comma; who is representing Thugger&comma; filed a motion to dismiss all charges against their client on grounds of prosecutors abusing &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;it’s authority by utilizing a sham Grand Jury Subpoena&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-89431" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;05&sol;IMG&lowbar;5864-scaled&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"young&lowbar;thug&lowbar;gunna&lowbar;indictment" width&equals;"1140" height&equals;"1140" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Thug’s Attorney Says Evidence From &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sham” Rental Car Subpoena Should Be Tossed&comma; Alongside Charges Against Him<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Thug&comma; whose real name is Jeffery Williams&comma; had his bond denied this summer and will remain behind bars until at least 2023 as his case is adjudicated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Essentially&comma; Steel’s motion to dismiss accuses the District Attorney of issuing a subpoena in April 2016 to retrieve a rental car they alleged was used for the crimes Thugger is accused of committing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Steele says the subpoena was &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;not issued or authorized by any Judge&comma; 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