{"id":3155,"date":"2024-10-30T23:05:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T23:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/two-more-co-defendants-take-plea-deals\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T23:05:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T23:05:14","slug":"two-more-co-defendants-take-plea-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatrustedlawyers.com\/blog\/two-more-co-defendants-take-plea-deals\/","title":{"rendered":"Two More Co-Defendants Take Plea Deals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n\tTwo more of Young Thug\u2019s co-defendants are taking plea deals in the long-running Atlanta racketeering case against the rapper\u2019s alleged YSL gang, leaving Thug facing trial with just two other defendants.<\/p>\n

\n\tA week after improper testimony from a state\u2019s witness threw the trial into chaos and sparked talk of a mistrial, prosecutors and defense attorneys continued to show a willingness Wednesday (Oct. 30) to strike deals rather than risk starting the massive trial over from scratch.<\/p>\n

\n\tAt the hearing, Marquavius \u201cQua\u201d Huey pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, robbery and several other counts, with prosecutors agreeing to drop a slew of others. Under the deal, Huey received a sentence of 25 years, but with just nine to be served in prison \u2014 a sharp decrease from the life sentences he was facing if convicted on all the charges.<\/p>\n

\n\tAnother defendant, Rodalius \u201cLil Rod\u201d Ryan, pled guilty to a single racketeering conspiracy charge and was sentenced to 10 years, which was commuted to time served since he is already serving a life sentence for a 2019 murder.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe two new pleas came a day after Quamarvious Nichols agreed to plead guilty to a single racketeering charge in exchange for prosecutors dropping all other charges against him, including murder and illegal firearms possession. Under the deal, Nichols was sentenced to 20 years, but will only serve seven in prison and the rest on probation.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe flurry of deals follows an incident last week in which a government witness accidentally revealed sensitive information to the jury, prompting defense attorneys to demand a mistrial. Judge Paige Reese Whitaker, who chided prosecutors for \u201csloppiness\u201d and has repeatedly criticized their handling of the case, said she would consider such a ruling.<\/p>\n

\n\tSince then, testimony has been halted as prosecutors and defense attorneys have negotiated plea deals behind closed doors. Both sides seem willing to consider compromise rather than a costly redo of the trial, which has stretched across 10 months of jury selection and 11 months of testimony to become the longest-ever in state history.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhether Thug himself, a Grammy-winning superstar who prosecutors claim was the leader of the gang, will also reach such a deal remains to be seen. The trial is scheduled to resume on Thursday morning (Oct. 31).<\/p>\n

\n\tThug was indicted in May 2022 along with dozens of others over allegations that his \u201cYSL\u201d group was not really a record label called \u201cYoung Stoner Life\u201d but rather a violent Atlanta gang called \u201cYoung Slime Life.\u201d The case, built around Georgia\u2019s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) law, claims the group committed murders, carjackings, armed robberies, drug dealing and other crimes over the course of a decade.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe pleas struck Tuesday (Oct. 29) and Wednesday mean that Thug (Jeffery Williams) is now facing the remainder of the trial with just two other defendants, Deamonte \u201cYak Gotti\u201d Kendrick and Shannon Stillwell. Kendrick and Stillwell stand accused of carrying out the 2015 murder of rival gang leader Donovan Thomas, a crime that figures prominently in the prosecution\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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