In Young Thug's ongoing RICO case, he faced a setback as a judge ruled that prosecutors can use an old interview regarding the Lil Wayne tour bus shooting against him. The decision, made by Judge Ural Glanville on October 12, allows Fulton County prosecutors to utilize a conversation Thug had with authorities in July 2015, during an investigation into the April 2015 shooting of Lil Wayne’s tour bus. Thug, who was in custody at the time for an unrelated incident, was never charged for the Wayne-related shooting. The conversation with authorities lasted for two hours.
Thug's attorneys had attempted to challenge the admissibility of this talk for his upcoming RICO trial, claiming it violated his right to counsel and that his statements were not voluntarily made. However, Judge Glanville disagreed, stating that Thug didn't have a right to counsel in that situation since he hadn't been charged in the case being investigated.
The judge emphasized that because Thug hadn't been charged and no judicial proceedings had commenced, his right to counsel had not attached. Therefore, questioning him about the April 26, 2015 incident did not violate his rights. Additionally, the judge ruled that Thug's oral waiver of his Miranda rights was valid, making his statements voluntary and admissible in court.
