“The hard part of a mistrial like this is the state has shown their cards, they’ve shown their strategy, they’re good facts and they’re bad facts,” Joshua Rydell, a local criminal defense attorney, told NBC6. “That being said, so did the defense, they highlighted their strategy. So now both sides know the playbook that the other side is working with.”
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The state alleges Melly shot and killed two childhood friends, Christopher Thomas Jr. and Anthony Williams, in October of 2018. The state argued Demons shot the men in a car and then staged a drive-by shooting to cover up the crime.
“We are somewhat disappointed that Melly is not walking out the door with us,” said Melly’s Defense Attorney Stuart Adelstein.
“There is a lack of evidence, there is a conflict in the evidence, and the evidence itself and the investigation itself, stinks.”
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