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YNW Melly Double Murder Case In Jeopardy Of Mistrial Due To ‘Hostile Witness’ Tainting The Jury

<p>A Broward County judge is considering calling a mistrial in <strong>YNW Melly&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;strong> double murder case after only one week of testimony due to a &&num;8220&semi;hostile witness&&num;8221&semi; tainting the jury&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On Thursday&comma; Judge John Murphy agreed to review transcripts after Melly&&num;8217&semi;s lawyer <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;miamiherald&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;crime&sol;article276456061&period;html" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">filed a motion for mistrial<&sol;a>&comma; according to the <em><strong>Miami Herald<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">YNW Melly&&num;8217&semi;s Ex-Girlfriend&&num;8217&semi;s Mother Deemed &&num;8220&semi;Hostile Witness&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Testimony &&num;8220&semi;Tainted&&num;8221&semi; Jury&comma; Defense Says<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The mistrial motion in question reportedly concerns the prosecution&&num;8217&semi;s questioning of a &&num;8220&semi;hostile witness&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Melly&&num;8217&semi;s ex-girlfriend&&num;8217&semi;s mother&comma; Felicia Holmes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Defense attorney David Howard accused the state of tainting the jury by making &&num;8220&semi;implication after implication&&num;8221&semi; backed by &&num;8220&semi;inadmissible evidence&&num;8221&semi; gleaned from Holmes&&num;8217&semi; testimony&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The jury sat there while the state made implication after implication&comma; introduced inadmissible evidence after inadmissible evidence to the substantial prejudice of this defendant&comma;” Howard said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This jury sat there and watch this fiasco unfold&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ynw-melly-cry-dead-victims-trial&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;7dg5ih&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTgyNzYwNjY2Ni4xNjg2OTI3MDA5&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4NjkzNjI2MC4yLjAuMTY4NjkzNjI2MC4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">YNW Melly Appears To Cry Over Dead Victims As Double-Murder Trial Kicks Off This Week<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>Amongst that &&num;8220&semi;inadmissible&&num;8221&semi; evidence that potentially tainted the jury was Holmes&&num;8217&semi; testimony on behalf of the state&comma; which Melly&&num;8217&semi;s legal team objected to&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1669675065422520320" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Defense Cites IG Messages Where Holmes Threatens To &&num;8220&semi;Air Melly Out&&num;8221&semi; To Prosecutors Over Money Claims<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>She was deemed a &&num;8220&semi;hostile witness&&num;8221&semi; against Melly by the rapper&&num;8217&semi;s attorneys due in part to a series of June 2022 Instagram messages where Holmes reportedly threatened&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;y&&num;8217&semi;all can call me Mz Snitch B&ast;&ast;&ast;&ast; bc I’m airing his a&ast;&ast; out to the prosecutor&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Holmes allegedly made the threat after accusing YNY Melly’s team of failing to care for her financially despite promising to do so&comma; Holmes claims&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; defense attorney Stuart Adelstein said&comma; never &&num;8220&semi;in my entire career&&num;8230&semi; &lpar;have I&rpar; heard the state imply with no evidence that the defense team would take care of this witness&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Not only does it taint our client&&num;8230&semi;but it taints everybody at this table&comma;” Adelstein told the judge&comma; according to the Herald&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>For her part&comma; Holmes says the case has basically &&num;8220&semi;ruined her life&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1669413549519585287" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The state basically has me on a monitor&comma;” Holmes said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I have to go to my job like this&period; People think I’m a criminal&period; The state has ruined my life&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Judge To Decide On Mistrial Motion When Court Reconvenes Tuesday &lpar;June 20&rpar;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The rapper is on trial for allegedly shooting and killing his childhood friends Christopher Thomas Jr&period; and Anthony Williams back in 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Murphy will decide on the motion on Tuesday &lpar;June 20&rpar;&comma; according to the Herald&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; a mistrial wouldn&&num;8217&semi;t mean YNW Melly is innocent&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Prosecutors may typically pursue a new trial within 90 days of the original if the judge declares a mistrial&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"124810" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ynw-melly-double-case-jeopardy-mistrial-hostile-witness&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b4292fe731"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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