Lawyers in YNW Melly Double Murder Trial Battle in Opening Statements

Opening statements were presented Monday in the double murder trial of rapper YNW Melly. Born Jamell Demons, the rapper stands accused of killing two of his friends and staging the murders as a drive-by shooting. The Law&Crime Daily team breaks down the most heated moments from opening statements.

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[SuhPayDuh]

Suddenly everybody is a law expert lol

[slumpie]

What if the drive by was real and melly or bortlen or even both shot back while ducking for cover and accidentally shot there friends in the mix. Then melly maybe left to dispose the weapons and forgot about some shell casings.

[michaelsimko]

The defense attorney spoke much stronger and with better words and detail than the prosecutor

[ImKingJere]

my theory based off the evidence and bullet holes, is that bortlen and melly both shot sak and juvy at the same exact time. just a thought tho

[mall]

All comes down to the gun powder spray in the car and that insta message he sent, that being said there still isn’t a murder weapon sooo 👀

[charissekemp]

Best friends can also turn into best enemies

[lawsemaj]

... Just like he says "he did that"

[meeks]

"Makes no sense to kill his friends" but does make sense killing them for money tho

[drevil]

Bortlen had residue so mellys attorney got the smartest strategy in my opinion blame him he's cool with it too it seems

[iStepOnShi]

if they didnt check their hands for gun residue, that day, thats out the window as well. they have no weapon, no witnesses.
they got a message saying "u good, " "i did that" which will easily not mean a confession as to NOONE asked him specifically, if he killed them, ...
so what did he confess to? exactly.

[reekktv]

They reaching for the one Instagram post they trying too make it into a admissions of guilt, plus where is the fire arms used in the case they should show something

[squiddyjamzzz]

Why does everyone seemed to be holding in there laughter when talking about this case (including melly)? Lol!

[nathanford]

They literally have no evidence that melly shot him. The person said tht they were no gun evidence so if there is no gun evidence how would they know that melly shot them. The only reason they might find him guilry is when he drove them to the hospital.

[Jessicawhittaker]

What if it was a drive by and the people in the front was shooting back but ended up getting shot

[juugstar]

Bortlen is saying is a drive by … melly defense is they car from inside but it wasn’t melly that fires the shots .. & bortlen is lying covering it up

[random_vibezz]

bro if he killed two men he wouldn’t be laughing in his court because he’d be knowing he would get death penalty

[jmj]

This is like a modern day oj Simpson trial, Good luck melly .

[AndrewLomax]

3/4 of his entire skull is a forehead, just how is that even possible? 😂

[Demarcoo]

Like how would he wake up and say hey I wanna kill my best friends

[Toiez]

lets hope mellys lawyer's clutch up