Yella Beezy’s Defense Begins After Judge Refuses to Dismiss the MO3 Case
The trial moved into a new phase Monday in Dallas. Prosecutors rested their case in Yella Beezy’s capital murder trial, the defense asked Judge Chika Anyiam to throw the case out for lack of evidence — and she refused. The defense then called its first witness.
That first witness was Lynn Scott, an employee of Hitco Entertainment, according to FOX 4’s courtroom reporting.
The case itself: Yella Beezy, whose legal name is Markies Conway, has pleaded not guilty to capital murder and denies any involvement in MO3’s death. Prosecutors allege he paid Kewon White to carry out the killing. MO3, born Melvin Noble, was killed on Interstate 35E in Dallas on November 11, 2020. White was convicted on September 4, 2026 and sentenced to life without parole.
Before the defense opened, Judge Anyiam excluded a jailhouse call by White that prosecutors had wanted the jury to hear. Defense attorney Toby Shook also pressed Detective Eric Barnes over his long 2025 and 2026 calls with witness Jose Bodega — including one lasting 82 minutes and another lasting 70 minutes at 4:48 A.M. — with Barnes acknowledging he kept no written notes of them.
Bodega, born Theodore Thomas, is Beezy’s childhood friend. He testified under immunity on November 2 and recanted the account he gave a grand jury, telling jurors he fabricated his earlier claim that Yella Beezy and Trapboy Freddy wanted MO3 dead. The jury is allowed to use his earlier statements only to judge his credibility — not as proof the events happened.
With the prosecution’s star witness recanting and the lead detective’s notes missing, does the defense have a real shot at reasonable doubt here? Drop your take in the comments.
Sources: AllHipHop’s report on Monday’s proceedings; FOX 4 Dallas courtroom reporting.
