State gives final arguments in Yella Beezy trial | FULL

Thank you, Your Honor. May it please the court. Ladies and gentlemen, 2,189 days. Tomorrow will be 2,190. I want to thank Ms. Noble for your patience. Judge, I'll object to improper argument speaking to the galleries. Just thank you. I want to thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your patience over the last 11 days. But I don't want you all to forget for one second who this case is about, about the victim in this indictment and those babies that will have to live forever. With his murder, on video, because just as defense said that y'all have his life in your hands, he had Melvin Noble's. The defendant in the live interview talks about Dallas, it's one of the grimiest cities. And probably prior to, or two weeks ago, y'all didn't know how grimy this city really was. But it's a city where we kill presidents, it's a fact. He told you to put trackers on your car, they'll wait outside your house, Wait for you at the gas station or the grocery store, he told you that. Those came from his mouth. Those words. It's not a rap song, it's an interview. He told you about that. And what I want to talk to you about is the three Ms. Who had the motive? Who had the money? And who had the man? That sits right here at this table. And I want to apologize because I'm not going to sit here and justify the re-victimization of Jocelyn Jackson. Go back and remember the first two people Two of the first people that you heard from, who we brought to you, were Ms. Noble and Jocelyn Jackson. And when Ms. Noble was asked by law enforcement about who they should look into, they told you Sean G., whose car came back to shooting the defendant in Lewiston. That's Melvin Noble's security. She told you Brandon Rainwater, his manager, the college kid. She said Trap Boy Freddy and Yellow Beezy. That was on November 11th. Defense told you during the opening statement that this was tunnel vision. No, this came from the mouth of a mother who didn't know the defendant, who didn't know the various morals. But she knew four people that the police should look into. And then when Jocelyn Jackson was interviewed by Detective Barnes and Detective Howard at her mom's house, she said, look into Yellow Beezy and Devin Brown, that's what she said. This isn't tunnel vision. This isn't bad police work that got off on the wrong track. No, this is good, old-fashioned police work following leads, regardless of when this day comes. Even if it's 2,189 days that Ms. Noble and those kids deserve justice. It doesn't matter. And defense wants you to believe here for a second that this is all about a detective that was so determined, Just so overwhelmed we're trying to Arrest Marquis Conway. That's what they want you to believe. But if that were the case, DeVarious Moore would be indicted. I promise you that. This is old, good old-fashioned police work. Following leads, regardless of who the witness is, I don't care if it's Theodore Thomas. I don't care if it's Senator Bradley. Do you think... It brings me a lot of joy to put Cedric Bradley here on the stand, or Theodore Thompson. Do you think when I wake up in the morning, I say, that's the ideal witness that I want to put in front of 12 good citizens from our community. Do you think that's the case? Absolutely not. It's Dr. Graham. It's Ms. Cattler. It's Ms. Hopkins. Those are the individuals that I hope are my witnesses. But who are the types of witnesses you would expect to hear from in this type of case? Who's the type of person that you would expect to do this type of crime, right? It's the person that needs something, that needs approval, that needs money. That's Kiwan White. That's the maniac, the loose screw. If it says there's three years of bad blood, and on here we start with the defendant being shot in Louisville. But you know from his own words that it started even before that. It started with Roy Lee Payton. Theodore Thomas talked to you about that. The defendant told you that in his statement with Louisville Police Department. 219. Go back, look at the lyrics, watch the video. It's a happy birthday of Roy Lee. Melvin Melville takes credit for the shooting of Marquise Conway. I'm not going to try and avoid that or get away from it. That's what he claimed. And the car came back to Sean Griffin. But we're starting to build that feud. In defense, during their open to close, they talk about some kind of feud. There is no doubt there is a feud here. And I'm going to talk to you all more about that here in a second. But this isn't about the mindset of a detective who is just determined and out to get Marquise Conway. No, because... Kiwan White and Devin Brown were, Kiwan was indicted in December, Devin Brown was indicted in January of 2021, but he kept following leads regardless of who it came from. And that should make y'all happy that we have people like Detective Barnes, that regardless of who the victim is, regardless of how long it takes, he will be in the pursuit of justice and truth so that this day, 2,189 days later, Ms. Noble can have her day in court for her son, and the man who's responsible and financed it all is brought to justice. Go back and watch the Frisco Concert Live videos. It's not rap music. I'm not sitting here prosecuting rap. I'm a huge fan of rap. Have been for since the 90s, listening to Eazy-E, Master P, No Limit Soldiers. That's what I grew up on. I love rap. I'm not prosecuting rap. I'm prosecuting actions. That's what I'm about, justice and truth. Go back and Go ahead and listen to his words. Listen to what he says in response. He won't name Melvin Noble, but that's not somebody who's just okay, that it's just for clout, that it's just for publicity. Now, he's got a serious beef and a feud. And then we get the rainwater assault, where Theodore Thomas got up here and he identified himself, he identified the defendant, and you saw it on video. Because we know from back then, when that assault took place, it's who beat him up. Mr. Whatchamacallit, who beat him up? Beat him up. Who beat him up? He didn't beat him up by himself, he needed his group, but that's what he takes claim on. But just like he didn't beat up Rainwater by himself, he had a Melvin Noble killed, not by himself. Executed, just the way he was shot, in broad daylight. That's the facts. These are the words that came from the defendant's own mouth. I'm going to get my lick back. I can't stand it anymore, I don't give a ****. To each and every one of them, but how he live his life with me, I don't know. You're not figuring to be the one who said you shot me and think you're going to walk away. His words, not a song. Go back, watch that whole interview. Watch his. Body language. Watch his eyes. Watch how he moves. He might have talked about playing craps and that, but he would be a terrible poker player. Watch his mannerisms when he's specifically asked about that. Watch when he's asked about who Melvin Noble is. Go back and watch that. This isn't a conspiracy, because you know from listening to the music that artists live and they put their life experiences into their songs, into their art, into their craft. Hell, the most famous artist in the world right now is a young lady by the name of Taylor Swift. And everybody who does a Swiftie knows that she talks about her life experiences in her music and in her art. Well, his life experiences are different, but it's no different in the fact that he puts it in his music. And the same two individuals who are responsible for financing this were rapping about On Ya Head. I'll put some money on your ******* head. Bitch, yeah, let's do it. But what about in private texts with Dee, his girlfriend, the mother of his children? Two days before, what does he say? Don't grab no guns. We got others for that. It's not a song. This is life. And until you came in this courtroom, I bet it was hard to fathom how this could be real, that this could be taking place in the middle of a worldwide pandemic. And Devin Brown's trying to get his kids out. Devin Brown's indicted, and I'm gonna prosecute. Me and my team are gonna fight for justice for Ms. Noble, them grandkids. Judge, I'm gonna object again for a proper argument. It's a guilt. Sustained. Ask the jury to disregard it. The jury will disregard it. The question is, Devin Brown is going to have his day in court. Don't worry about that. Your concern is here at this table. They want you to believe that this is one huge conspiracy. But who had the motive, who had the money, and who had the men that would carry this out? The records are clear because as soon as Devin Brown talks to Kiwan, he calls Jerry and Jerry starts heading north. The same Jerry Johnson who's seen on that Ramona video burning those clothes. And thank God we have those videos. Thank God we have that Kroger truck. And unfortunately, Ms. Noble's grandkids are going to have to see that for the rest of their lives. Judge, I'll object again. Again, this is a proper argument. It's a summation of the evidence and what's in front of this jury, Your Honor. He's going over what children. But let's talk about this. Let's talk about cold, hard facts and evidence, not conspiracy. Officer Brooks, not real happy that he never came forward and told Detective Barnes about this, or Detective Anderson. That was his personal security. That was the defendant's personal security, who reached out to check on the defendant. At 1:30, Dallas Fort Worth time, that specific time, 1:30, his personal security reaches out. You good? And he testified and he told you. I thought he was either shot or he did the shooting. This isn't tunnel vision. It's all about Ms. Scott. There's no feud, there's no beef. She might not have remembered these. iMessages that she had in a group text. We need to hop on a call to strategize messaging around what just happened in Dallas We need to have him craft a response Why why because the whole world his marketing people his personal security already knew they already knew But because of good old-fashioned detective work for the next five years five and a half six years y'all know now He's here for 57 hours. I want you to look at all the things he does I want you to remember that when he lands with Theodore Thomas, Jerry Johnson arrives. They drive up north of the airport. They talk for a little bit. He goes and picks up his bulletproof car from Fort Worth. And then he goes and withdraws that $40,000. And when Jerry leaves, the first person he calls is Kiwan White. And then on Sunday, we have that meetup. But during this time frame now, when the defendants come back to Dallas, where's Dee? Where's the kids? Well, they're in California. He came back for clothes. He's a millionaire. He needed to come back to pick up some new underwear. They don't have that out in California. He had to fly back to pick up some underwear. Leave his girl and his kids out in California just to pick up some underwear to check on his mom. If he's such a good son, why didn't he fly his mom out there? If he's such a good son or father, why didn't he fly Dee and the kids out on the 11th? They want you to believe that he flew back to change his underwear. I want you to understand that the state has to prove these elements in the indictment beyond reasonable doubt. That's what we have to prove. It's not beyond all possible. Is it possible that he came back to get underwear? Sure. Sure, that's possible. It's ridiculous. But is it possible? Judge, I'll object. There's no testimony that he came back to get underwear. The jury will review the testimony. Argument of counsel is not evidence. I want you to remember that 57 hours. In these text messages... Why do you keep saying the same thing about some change in the couch? I've been asking you for three days. Meet up tomorrow. Overstood. Gives a location. They're there for seven minutes. This is what circumstantial evidence is. It's when you put it piece by piece by piece, and you start to see the picture. What's up with your people? I'm hitting him now. PBS tomorrow, his ass is grass. Why is this important? Because it's what Cedric Bradley told you. Senator Bradley didn't have these iCloud messages. Detective Barnes didn't even have these at that point. So when they say, oh, Senator Bradley had this reverse property, he saw everything. He didn't have this. He couldn't have known this. It's not possible. The video. Oh, Senator Bradley saw the video. What you don't see on that video is Kewan White standing over the victim. What you don't see on that video is bullets going off of the pavement as Dr. Bernard testified about the pseudo-stifling that was caused on Melvin Noble's side. Unless Cedric Bradley also has a doctorate in forensic pathology, there's no way he could know that the bullets in the autopsy were consistent with bullets going off of the pavement. There's no way. He never saw the autopsy photos. That never came out at any point in any reverse proper, never came out as testimony. Now I'm going to get that ---- done. Because Kewan White said, if I don't get my money, other people will be next. He'd gotten some money in advance from Jerry, his handler, the middleman, and he wanted the rest of it. And you know about the meetups and the locations. Seven minutes at Clay Cooley on a Sunday when it's not even open. The meetup where Jerry comes in. He wants to take his bag in. The bench wants to make a big deal out of these rubber bands. What about that stack of cash of the crisp hundreds in his other pocket? You think Jerry Johnson just rolled up and said, hey, here you go, Kiwan. Here's all these fresh hundreds. Or you think you just gave them some money out of the trap? What about all those drugs you got? Three for three. Every time Johnson and Conway meet, it's immediately followed by a phone call for Keelan White. These are not coincidences. This is called circumstantial evidence as you piece it together. Every time they're together, Johnson and White talk immediately after. Look at Taylor Page's report. This is State's Exhibit 997. Special Agent Page, even their own experts, said, nope, nothing wrong with this report. Every time they talked, immediately after. By the numbers, there is zero calls between Johnson and White before the murder. Zero. Cold hard facts. Fifteen calls between Johnson and White during Conley's 57 hours in DFW. This is evidence. $40,000 cash Conley withdrew three and a half hours after the landings. He had $4,800 when he was in California on that video from Instagram. So based off my math, he's about $35,200 short there. He was arrested with $9,670. He's got a new gun, which is consistent with what Senator Bradley told him. He wanted a new gun, because he no longer had that gun from that work he'd done on the rap guy on the freeway. It's corroborated. He had new chains, he had new clothes, new Jordans. All that stuff was bought that day. And there's never any contact between Conway and White. But you know that there's a connection there through Jerry. You know that he's seen on stage at the Houston concert. Keelan White's not one of their friends. You saw the yearbook photos. That's good detective work, going back and getting yearbook photos. But you saw their photos, how close they've been for as long as they've been. Because Brown was the middle man for the location, but Jerry was the middle man for the money. Jerry even talks about what Keywon had said to him and tells Cedric Bradley about it. Which matches up exactly with the i5 messages between the defendant and trap boy Freddie. That is evidence. When you put each and every single piece together, you start to see what this is. And sure, one of these things alone may be a coincidence. But when you look at every single thing that has happened since 2017 to the present. Specifically the timeline of events that happened in November of 2020. This isn't a coincidence. This is a coordinated act to kill Melvin Noble, to get his lick back. Because of his ego, he couldn't let it go. He was going to get his lick back. You're not going to be the one that said, I shot you, you shot me, and think you're going to walk away. It's not a rap song. I'm not interpreting rap lyrics here. Use your common sense. Look at all the mapping. I don't know how many times y'all been to a jewelry store with a gun with an extended clip and a backpack hanging out and nobody called the police or had any problems, but Kiwan did. You heard from Mr. Ali who said, Oh yeah, the defendant Marquis Conley comes in all the time, spends a ton of money. So now when Jerry's guy goes to get his GRC chain for the work he just put in on that wrapper on the freeway, and he's got a gun with an extended mag in his backpack, pulling out stacks of cash, Nobody calls the police? No, of course not. Thank you, Your Honor. Because that's the defendant's jeweler. Ms. Willis came in and she talked to you about the barbershop and this meetup on the 3rd. Based off of all the evidence and all the witnesses, I believe that's when that conversation took place. When the initial conversation between Jerry, Kiwan, Conway's there, and Bodega overhears this conversation. Theodore Thomas, excuse me. Because if you look at her phone records. That they put in, and I appreciate that they did. She testified that it takes about an hour and a half to two hours to do braids. But his hair wasn't long enough, so he needed some filler. But it's six hours from the moment she says, I'm on my way to the shop, to where she's telling him about, hey, don't tie your do-rag too tight. Because he's next door at Jerry's, and he's bulletproofed and all. Just like she talked about, these are the things that he said. He was part of the plan. It might have been years in the making, but this was his plan. To not let him walk away defense wants you all to talk about think about this burden in this you know you're going to go home and this presumption of innocence which I embrace protects all of us that's why we spent so much time in that first week while we spent all that time laying that groundwork of putting in all that evidence so we could lay a firm foundation to then get to the last week of testimony they've talked to you on or Mr. Gucci has talked to you about This is what protects you and your family. He promised to pay or he paid for it. And I submit to you, he did both, just as Detective Barnes had told me. This is not a coincidence. This is years of good police work, piece by piece by piece. And yet, we will never have every single piece. That's the way it works. It's not possible. Unless we were all there for every single conversation and they are on the freeway, we'll never have every single piece. But people come down here every single day, like the 12 of you, And find that the state has met its burden. And that's why when the 12 of you got selected to be on this jury, because you could follow the law, you could listen to the evidence, long hours, lots of evidence. I appreciate your diligence from taking all the notes, raising your hand when y'all needed to break, and I appreciate that. But you took a note because the 12 of you out of all those individuals, are the 12 from our community that can say there are better days. It's going to be okay to go outside. The men responsible have been held accountable. Regardless if it took 2,189 days, go through that evidence, we're willing to wait.