Yella Beezy was found guilty of hiring a hitman to kill Mo3, but before his conviction, his legal team made a calculated move. They petitioned the judge to exclude a three-way jail call involving Kewon White, the man allegedly paid to commit the murder, from trial evidence. The only way prosecutors could use it, they argued, was through a motion filed outside the jury’s presence. BlkCosmo obtained the court documents revealing the defense’s strategy. The call happened just hours after the shooting and included White, who prosecutors say was paid $40,000 by Yella Beezy. In their motion, Beezy’s lawyers argued the conversation constituted inadmissible hearsay and shouldn’t reach the jury.
The defense pointed out that the other two people on that call—Dallas County Jail inmate Darius Fields and Nyreon Beasley—were not alleged to be co-conspirators in the November 2020 killing. Fields told Beasley he’d heard Beezy “put 50 on that,” referencing the bounty on Mo3’s head. When White was added to the call and Fields repeated the rumor, White laughed and responded with a dismissive remark.
Beezy’s legal team made a straightforward argument: since Fields and Beasley weren’t co-conspirators, repeating street gossip amounted to hearsay and should be inadmissible. They also contended that a conspiracy technically ends once its goal is achieved. Post-conspiracy conversations should only be allowed in court if they relate to covering up the crime.
Even more significant was the defense’s argument about White’s participation in the call. White is a co-conspirator, yes, but the defense noted he didn’t try to recruit anyone, didn’t mention receiving money from Beezy, and didn’t admit to the killing. There was no effort on the call to conceal the crime. The judge agreed with the motion.
It didn’t matter. Despite the successful motion to exclude the jail call, both Beezy and White were convicted of murder. They each received life sentences without the possibility of parole.
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