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5 days ago · The Fulton County District Attorney wants to revoke a plea deal with a onetime co-defendant of Atlanta rapper Young Thug saying Antonio Sledge did not testify truthfully
Sep 11, 2024 · Antonio Sledge, a.k.a. Mounk Tounk, spent a week testifying in the YSL RICO trial. Sledge was initially a co-defendant in this case, but took a plea deal back in 2022 as the case began.
Young Thug, YSL RICO Trial: Lawyers conclude their questioning of Kenneth Copeland. The trial of Young Thug and his associates is set to resume Tuesday morning after a break for Labor Day.
The questioning focused on the accuracy of Sledge's plea agreement, which included factual statements Sledge later claimed were incorrect. Wright revealed that he and Sledge only saw the plea...
- What Charges Are Young Thug and YSL Members facing?
- Who Has Taken Plea Deals?
- What Are Some Other Notable Pretrial Moments?
- Who Will Be Going to Trial, and Who Is testifying?
The 65-count indictment charges 28 people with crimes such as murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, theft, drug dealing, carjacking, racketeering, and witness intimidation. The indictment claims that YSL isn’t just a record label named Young Stoner Life, but a gang called Young Slime Life that’s been oper...
As of press time, nine defendants in the case have taken plea deals: Sergio “Gunna” Kitchens, Walter Murphy, Wunnie “Slimelife Shawty” Lee, Arnold “Lil Duke” Martinez, Trontavious “Tick” Stephens, Antonio “Mounk Tounk” Sledge, Antonio “Obama” Sumlin, Williams’ brother Quantavious “Unfoonk” Grier, and Derontae Bebee. (Bebee initially refused a plea ...
Though Jeffery Williams, aka Young Thug, wasn’t granted bond before the YSL trial, his defense has scored some legal victories that will help his case during court proceedings. On Dec. 16, 2022, Judge Glanville ruled to suppress evidence the prosecution had seized from a phone that was confiscated from Williams in 2015. Glanville agreed with a defe...
Judge Glanville has told the jury that he expects a six- to nine-month trial for the people standing trial, who are now down to six: Jeffery Williams, Deamonte Kendrick, Shannon Stillwell, Quamarvious Nichols, Rodalius Ryan, and Marquavious Huey. Last November, prosecutor Adrian Love told Glanville that they expected to call more than 300 witnesses...
A prosecutor said in court that Sledge was a YSL associate since 2012, threatened a member of a rival gang, participated in a drive-by shooting, and knew that at least one YSL associate murdered victim Donovan Thomas Jr. on behalf of the gang.
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Aug 15, 2021 · While SCOTUS did not preclude defendants from acting voluntarily and entering a guilty plea, it said the statute’s tendency to discourage defendants from insisting on their innocence was enough to overturn it.
