Case results
A case is not a story. It is a docket. Each entry below records the court, the date, and what the court decided.
United States v. BanksProsecutors alleged that the recording artist Durk Banks set a murder-for-hire plot in motion, and that the shooting instead killed a 24 year old passenger in the target vehicle. The defense argued the government's case rested on cooperating witnesses with everything to gain, and that a former assistant had arranged the attack himself.U.S. District Court, Central District of California / 2026-09-11 / Not guilty on all five countsState v. Williams, the YSL RICO prosecutionA 56 count RICO indictment named 28 defendants and alleged that a record label also operated as a criminal street gang. Jury selection alone ran about ten months. The trial became the longest in Georgia history, and the client left jail the night of the plea.Fulton County Superior Court, Georgia / 2024-10-31 / Non-negotiated plea, time served and 15 years probationUnited States v. CombsSean Combs faced racketeering and sex trafficking charges carrying the possibility of a life sentence. Brian Steel joined the defense in April 2025. The jury rejected the most serious allegations.U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York / 2025-07-02 / Acquitted on the most serious counts, convicted on two lesser countsState v. JohnsonThe former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney was accused of hindering the investigation into the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Brian Steel was part of the defense, and a judge dismissed both charges.Georgia state court, Brunswick Judicial Circuit / 2025-02-01 / Both charges dismissed
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