YNW Melly's legal team argued that a man named, Robert Cobert, admitted to the killings of YNW Juvy and YNW SakChaser on Instagram after their deaths during the first day of the rapper's trial on Monday. Defense attorney David A. Howard said that Cobert's only defense was that he sold the IG account for $20 and doesn't remember to whom.
Howard claims that the Instagram account in question posted the message, “Lol we killed two of your (friends).” He then argued that it took seven months before authorities questioned Cobert because they already had their minds made up on Melly.
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YNW Melly's Double Murder Trial
As for the defense's opening statement, Howard admitted that determining a motive isn't necessary to convict Melly based on Florida law. However, he suggested the jury consider it when assessing whether his client would kill two men he considered "best friends."
“Do you know what does require motive?” Howard said in court. “A young man to wake up one day and decide that he’s going to kill two of his best friends – best friends that he grew up with; best friends that he hangs out with; best friends who he lives with; best friends whose careers he was trying to launch alongside his own. They have no reason for why he would do this because there is no reason. And if there’s no reason, it doesn’t make sense.”
YNW Melly's Defense In Court
He further mocked the police and prosecutors by saying, “And, if after four years of investigation, the state comes and says, ‘Hey, he killed two of his best friends.’ And you’re wondering why, and their answer is, ‘Uh, I dunno.’ That’s the first indication that they’re just guessing and don’t know what they’re talking about. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is, by itself, reasonable doubt.” Be on the lookout for more updates regarding YNW Melly's double murder trial as the week continues.
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