YoungBoy Never Broke again is trying to convince a federal judge that Louisiana’s local police used an inexcusable search warrant as a fugitive. “blank check”He violated his Constitutional Rights in one of the pending felony firearms cases.
This week’s court filing by the Baton Rouge-bred rap star and his lawyers argues that the vast video evidence that was seized and searched in order to link him with the two guns mentioned in his March Indictment, was obtained through an abuse police power.
YoungBoy, born Kentrell Gaulden is now in pre-trial house detention after being released from jail in Oct. YoungBoy says that the search warrant affidavit submitted on the spot of his Sept. 28, 2020 arrest in his hometown by a police officer was incorrect. “intentionally drafted”In a “blurry”It is possible to dodge questions about how and where the police took away his SD cards, Sony video camera, MacBook laptop, and his personal footage.
Earlier filings in the case stated that the SD cards were recovered from a Dodge Ram truck, a Cadillac Escalade, and the Sony 7R camera recovered from Gaulden’s cameraman Marvin Ramsey a block away.
Gaulden’s new paperwork argues that the warrant was only for the seizure any digital media within a Chippewa Street address. Gaulden also asserts that the warrant was signed in the presence of a judge “authorized only a seizure to prevent destruction of potential evidence,”This is not a review or analysis of digital content.
It was specifically stated in the warrant that “if the thing(s) specified”In the affidavit, officers were located at the address. “seize and hold them in safe custody pending further orders of the court,” Gaulden’s new filing, obtained by Rolling Stone, argues.
“Officers used this vague warrant as a blank check that they clearly did not believe limited their discretion in any way to search what they wanted, when they wanted,”The filing states. “If the judge had meant to authorize a search of the items after they were seized, she would not have ordered the items to be held pending further orders.”
Dueling paperwork, also filed this semaine, was countered by prosecutors that when the warrant gave police permission to search, “the aforesaid property for the property specified,” authorities interpreted “property specified”To mean “evidence”These are felony offenses.
“The language in the warrant may not be a model of technical clarity. However there is no constitutional requirement that an affiant, who is a police officer and not lawyer or judge abreast of legal refinements, [must] masterfully craft language or provide elaborate detail concerning the item to be searched — especially in this case where [the officer] was writing his affidavit in the middle of a chaotic crime scene,”Prosecutors wrote.
The judge did not immediately rule on Gaulden’s motion to suppress, which was originally filed last year. If the rapper prevails, it could be fatal blow to prosecutors’ case.
According to a prior defense filing, prosecutors “had nothing to charge him with until they gained access to his film footage which would show him handling the two guns referenced within this indictment.”
Gaulden was 22 when he was taken into custody. He was released after posting a portion of his $1.5million bail. His release was granted by the court his defense team’s presentation of a detailed bond proposal with witness testimony during a three-day hearing.
Gaulden was placed in home detention at a private residence near Layton, Utah with an ex-military security team tracking his movements.
Federal grand jury indicts “Outside Today”The rapper was accused of being a felon and in possession unregistered Masterpiece Arms 9mm and a Glock Model 21 pistol. He was arrested in September 2020.
His lawyers claim that he was a victim of a targeted attack. “dragnet”You can involve the FBI or local police.