Prosecutors ask judge for delay in Young Thug, Gunna trial – WSB-TV Channel 2

ATLANTA — Fulton County District Lawyer Fani Willis has requested a decide to delay the trial of Atlanta rappers Younger Thug and Gunna by three months.

In Might, Younger Thug and Gunna have been each named in a sweeping gang indictment that included 26 different folks alleged to be members of the Younger Slime Life gang.

The 88-page indictment included a wide-ranging list of 181 acts that prosecutors say have been dedicated beginning in 2013.

Younger Thug, whose actual identify is Jeffery Williams, is accused of conspiring to affiliate collectively and with others for the frequent functions of illegally acquiring cash and property by a sample of racketeering exercise and conducting and taking part within the enterprise by a sample of racketeering exercise.

Gunna, whose actual identify is Sergio Kitchens, is accused of theft by receiving stolen property, possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and participation in prison road gang exercise.

In a court docket submitting Thursday, Willis mentioned that “eight defendants could also be compelled to trial with ‘ill-prepared appointed counsel’” as a result of they nonetheless haven’t been assigned an legal professional.

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The district legal professional additionally mentioned that there’s a great amount of information that her workplace must undergo in time for the trial.

“The invention on this case consists of over three terabytes of information,” Willis mentioned within the submitting. “(That) doesn’t present a chance for these defendants to have ‘counsel … [with] an affordable time to organize [their] protection[s] correctly.’”

So as to add to that, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that “lead prosecutor Don Geary left the Fulton DA’s workplace for a place in Gwinnett County. Geary began his new function Monday, the Gwinnett DA’s workplace confirmed. It’s unclear who Willis will appoint to steer the high-profile case following the veteran prosecutor’s departure.”

Extra movement hearings within the case are scheduled for subsequent Thursday. At the moment, the trial is scheduled for Jan. 9. Willis is asking for a brand new trial date of March 27.

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