Yella Beezy Trial Countdown Begins For Mo3 Case

Yella Beezy’s capital murder trial for Mo3’s killing kicks off this August in Dallas.

Yella Beezy‘s murder trial is closing in fast, with new filings confirming an August court date for the 2020 killing of Mo3. Court records show pre-trial hearings on July 16, 17 and 24, with the jury trial beginning August 24 under Judge Chika Anyiam. The case has bounced around the docket for months and is now finally set to play out.

Beezy, whose real name is Markies Conway, faces a capital murder charge over allegations he paid a gunman to kill Mo3, born Melvin Noble. Prosecutors say a masked gunman ambushed Mo3 on Interstate 35E in Dallas on November 11, 2020, chasing him down before opening fire. Mo3 was struck multiple times and later died at a hospital, while a bystander in another vehicle was also hit but survived.

Investigators tied the shooting to Kewon Dontrell White, who’s serving a nine-year federal sentence on an unrelated gun charge and remains charged in Mo3’s death. Devin Maurice Brown was also indicted in the case and is expected to face his own separate trial, according to WFAA. Conway has pleaded not guilty and denies any involvement in Mo3’s death.

No reports so far confirm whether White plans to testify against Beezy or whether prosecutors struck any cooperation deal with him. Beezy’s defense has pushed for the names of informants and witnesses cooperating with the state, arguing they need the information to prepare his case.

The bad blood between Beezy and Mo3 stretched back to the mid-2010s, when both rose out of Dallas’ Oak Cliff chasing the same fans. Things turned darker after comedian Roylee Pate, a close friend of Mo3 who’d publicly clowned Beezy, was shot and later died in October 2018. Beezy survived his own drive-by shooting the very next night, and the two camps kept trading diss tracks for years after.

If convicted, Beezy faces life in prison without parole, according to FOX 4, and prosecutors haven’t ruled out the death penalty. Court filings also show the state wants to use several of Beezy’s own songs as evidence, arguing the lyrics tie to his feud with Mo3.

Beezy remains free on a $750,000 bond, reduced from $2 million, and lives under house arrest with an ankle monitor ahead of trial.

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