YNW Melly’s attorney pushes court to address motions in double murder retrial

Rapper YNW Melly’s lawyer urges the court to address long-standing motions, moving the double murder retrial forward.

Rapper YNW Melly’s retrial for double murder has been marked by numerous delays, but progress appears to be underway. 

On October 15, NBC 6 South Florida reported that during a recent pretrial hearing, Melly’s attorney, Raven Liberty, urged the court to address over a dozen pending motions that have been unresolved for months.

Liberty informed the judge that her team had made multiple attempts to schedule hearings for approximately 15-20 outstanding motions but faced challenges with the prosecution. "We could not get the state to agree to any dates," Liberty explained, emphasizing that the motions had been filed before May, leaving the prosecution ample time to respond.

The prosecution, in turn, stated that they were struggling to determine which motions applied to which case and requested a list to properly organize their responses.

In response, the judge agreed to set hearing dates and instructed both sides to submit notices of hearings for the motions they wanted addressed. "I'll give you dates, and then whatever motions the defense wants me to hear, just file a notice of hearing," the judge stated, signaling a potential breakthrough in the long-delayed case.