Decide Ural Glanville denied a movement searching for his recusal in Younger Thug’s RICO trial on Tuesday (June 18). Protection lawyer Brian Metal sought the Georgia decide’s disqualification every week after a heated confrontation between the 2 in court docket.
Glanville held Metal in contempt for refusing to disclose how he realized a few non-public assembly involving the decide, prosecutors and witness Kenneth Copeland. Metal accused Glanville of becoming a member of the prosecution’s staff and displaying clear bias towards Younger Thug, whose actual title is Jeffery Williams.
“The court docket is so biased towards undersigned counsel and/or Mr. Williams, the court docket ignored all legal guidelines and pursued contempt penalties to aim to intimidate undersigned counsel to violate the regulation and ethics as a way to proceed to assist the prosecution convict Mr. Williams and all others,” Metal wrote in his movement.
Metal added, “The court docket abused its authority by holding undersigned counsel in contempt for refusing to reveal privileged data and for safeguarding Mr.Williams’ Constitutional rights to due course of, proper to a good tribunal, proper to a good trial, proper to be current and efficient help of counsel. This court docket’s refusal to acknowledge these rights and protections has created an unfair tribunal based mostly upon bias towards Mr. Williams and/or his counsel and favoritism to the prosecutors.”
Younger Thug’s lawyer stated Glanville tried to intimidate the protection by sentencing Metal to twenty days in jail for contempt. A Georgia Supreme Court docket ruling prevented Metal from going to jail, however the protection seen the decide’s antics as proof of favoritism towards the prosecution.
“This court docket’s conduct raises a powerful discovering that it has turn out to be personally embroiled within the case,” Metal contended. “It’s clear, even to an informal observer, that this court docket’s involvement on this controversy requires this court docket be disqualified/recused/faraway from all additional proceedings … and one other Decide, who will duly train the powers of the judicial department, with partiality, readability and equity, should be appointed to this case.”
Glanville claimed Metal’s arguments had been inadequate to refer the case to a different decide. However Glanville will give the protection a transcript of the assembly between the decide, prosecutors and Copeland to evaluate earlier than Copeland faces cross-examination.
Younger Thug’s trial started in November 2023. He has remained in custody since his 2022 arrest.
