Judge open to mistrial in YNW Melly murder trial: Experts – The judge overseeing YNW Melly’s double murder trial in Florida is leaning toward declaring a mistrial, legal experts say.
On Thursday, Judge John Murphy III oversaw what the defense termed a “fiasco” in a Broward County courtroom: a lengthy and often dramatic series of improper questions directed toward a state witness – as well as testifying directly – care of the lead prosecutor.
Judge open to mistrial in YNW Melly murder trial: Experts
That witness was Felicia Holmes, the mother of the defendant’s ex-girlfriend, Mariah Hamilton. Near the end of Holmes’ tense time on the stand, defense attorney David A. Howard moved for a mistrial. After jurors were gone, two members of the defense made their case, arguing two separate mistrial motions on two distinct grounds.