Overview
- Judge postponed Kewon White’s Feb. 2 state murder trial, with prosecutors and defense set to meet next week to choose a new date.
- Prosecutors won permission to photograph White’s tattoos for potential use at trial, while the defense seeks a separate hearing before any gang evidence reaches jurors.
- Yella Beezy did not attend Friday’s pretrial hearing, with his lawyers citing his mother’s death and saying they will discuss moving his Feb. 2 trial date.
- Beezy’s team says more than 16 terabytes of discovery—spanning traffic and 18-wheeler video and phone records allegedly tying him to White—has strained trial preparation.
- Kewon White is serving an 8-year, 9-month federal sentence on firearm charges related to the case, and Yella Beezy remains on a $750,000 bond under house arrest with limited studio time.