YNW Melly

A Florida appeals court declared on Wednesday, November 9, that YNW Melly might face the death penalty if the murder charges against him are confirmed in an ...

When prosecutors said that the ruling was incorrect, Judge Siegel accepted that his ruling responded to a legal question and halted the case until a state appeals court could rule on it. The fact that the state filed a superseding indictment, requiring a second arraignment, does not vitiate the already filed and timely notice of intent. The District Court of Appeal sided with prosecutors on Wednesday and while writing to the appeals court, Judge Spencer D. During the previous trial, Judge Andrew Siegel ruled that prosecutors could not seek the death penalty because they were unable to provide YNW Melly and his attorneys with a notice, which violated state rules. Judge Siegel joined Melly's attorneys in July and said that prosecutors forfeited the opportunity to seek death. This changes the judge's decision that prosecutors forfeited the right to seek capital punishment.