ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court will not halt the YSL RICO trial amid the efforts by lawyers of some of the defendants to replace the judge.
The state's Supreme Court website shows a recent motion was dismissed.
It was filed last week and stemmed from a June 10 meeting that Young Thug's lawyers are calling "unlawful" between the court and prosecutors, including Kenneth Copeland, a sworn witness who was given immunity on June 7.
Multiple attorneys for the defense are calling Judge Ural Glanville biased. They wanted another judge assigned to the case and for any further meetings, and transcripts from those meetings, to be disclosed.
Attorneys for Deamonte Kendrick stated they were not provided notice of the meeting and added that they were "in the dark." It was his attorneys that filed an emergency petition last week.
Glanville has previously denied three motions for his recusal or disqualification from the case.
Controversy over the meeting led to Glanville finding defense attorney Brian Steel in contempt and ordering him to serve a 20-day jail sentence. Steel appealed the decision to the Georgia Supreme Court, which ruled he would no longer have to serve jail time
In the motion, lawyers said they ultimately wanted Glanville to assign another judge to consider motions for recusal and to disclose any further meetings and transcripts from those meetings.
However, the state's Supreme Court website shows that the justices decided to dismiss the motion.