Young Thug’s Statements on Lil Wayne Tour Bus Shooting Allowed in YSL RICO Trial

Prosecutors can now use an old interview about the Lil Wayne tour bus shooting against Young Thug in his RICO case.

Earlier this month, Judge Ural Glanville allowed Fulton County prosecutors to use a two-hour conversation Young Thug had with authorities in July 2015 regarding a shooting incident of Lil Wayne’s tour bus in April 2015.

According to reports, Young Thug was in custody at the time for an unrelated matter and was never charged in connection with the tour bus shooting.

Young Thug’s lawyers tried to exclude the conversation’s results from his upcoming RICO trial, claiming that the interview with law enforcement violated his right to counsel and that his statements “were not voluntarily made.”

HipHopDX reported that Judge Glanville rejected Thug’s claims, stating that he had no right to counsel because he hadn’t been charged in the case he was being questioned about, even though he was in police custody.

“Because Williams was not charged, and because no judicial proceedings had commenced against Williams, with respect to the April 26, 2015 shooting about which he was questioned, this Court FINDS that Williams’ questioning was not in violation of his right to counsel.  Because Williams had not been charged for the [tour bus] shooting in Cobb County, his right to counsel had not yet attached—and, in fact, never did attach because Williams was never charged for those specific charges,” the judge wrote.  “Accordingly, this Court FINDS that Williams’ right to counsel had not attached as to the April 26, 2015 incident about which he was questioned… In addition, because no judicial proceedings had been initiated involving April 26, 2015, this Court FINDS that Williams had no constitutional right to counsel as to any questioning about that incident.”

“‘[T[his Court FINDS that because Williams orally waived his Miranda rights before speaking with Detective Raissi and Agent Cunningham, Williams’ statements to them were voluntary and thus admissible,” Glanville continued.