ATLANTA — Quamarvious Nichols, one of the six defendants remaining in the long-running YSL trial in Fulton County, made a plea deal on Tuesday.
A grand jury indicted Nichols on seven charges in 2022. Those include conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), murder, two counts of participation in criminal street gang activity, two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon previously convicted of a felony involving the use or possession of a firearm and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to the RICO charge in front of several of his co-defendants. He will serve a 20-year sentence, seven of which will be in prison and the remainder on probation.
He was also given credit for time served, with a little more than two years in jail already as part of the case. That would leave about five on his sentence.
As part of the plea deal, the state declined to prosecute his remaining charges, including murder.
Racketeer-influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) charges are brought against individuals involved in a pattern of "racketeering activity," such as gambling, murder, kidnapping, arson, drug dealing, and bribery.
Court returned Tuesday afternoon in Georgia's longest-running criminal trial, as the potential for a mistrial looms over the proceedings.
Proceedings were canceled late last week and again on Monday as this possibility hung over proceedings.
There was no update on the status of Young Thug (legal name Jeffery Williams) and defendants Deamonte Kendrick, Shannon Stillwell, Rodalius Ryan and Marquavius Huey.