Call Your First Witness

6. Young Thug YSL RICO Trial Update: Witness Amnesia

Kenneth discusses State’s witness Adrian Bean’s inability to recall an incident that could have ended Bean’s life that occurred over 10 years ago where he pled guilty to multiple violent felonies. Fulton County Chief Deputy DA Adriane Love attempts to refresh Bean’s memory with explosive details that place Young Thug in the car of an alleged botched attempted arm robbery and 3 counts of aggravated assault of peace officers. In response, Young Thug's Defense Lawyer, Brian Steel  doesn’t just knock out two birds with one stone, he appears to knock out a whole flock while cross examining Bean including referencing a bombshell recorded interview of Bean that occurred on 1/22/23 that appears to contradict critical statements Ms. Love highlighted during her examination of Bean.

5. FANI WILLIS: Closing Argument Analysis, Georgia Senate Committee Keep That Same Energy

Kenneth breaks down closing arguments made by counsel at the hearing to disqualify DA Fani Willis and her office, he can't call it heads or tails based on the evenly pointed questions from the Judge, spends time on Terrence Bradley (former law partner of Nathan Wade) to ask a simple question, "What were you thinking?" Georgia Senate Committee keep that same energy to "restore public trust" in other cases where DAs withhold evidence supporting the defendant's innocence or commit other prosecutorial misconduct, and the soft ball spectacle at the Georgia Senate Committee Hearing that turned into a brief hard ball game with minority whip Senator Harold Jones II at the helm. 

4. IN THE NEWS-FANI WILLIS: The Art of Creating a Hot Mess

Kenneth breaks down the lawyer versus lawyer exchange where Fulton County DA Fani Willis was under cross-examination and savvy enough to not allow the defense to pin her down for perjury with phone records the defense had in their back pocket, Trump and Co-Defendant lawyers creating a hot mess that DA Fani Willis gave to them on a silver platter, the importance of the timeline of the relationship, expert witnesses are not infallible, and phone records can't put someone at a specific location and can't automatically discredit Fani Willis. 

3. Inspiration/Motivation: Be Careful of "Why Wouldya?" Folks

Kenneth M. Willis reflects on his return to New Orleans after leaving for college at HBCU Southern University of Baton Rouge over two decades ago and pursuing his dream to set up shop in The City, he highlights his inevitable encounter with negative energy as a reminder to people who bet on themselves to be careful of “why wouldya?” folks.

1. IN THE NEWS-Young Thug YSL RICO Trial: Can I Break it Down?

In his debut of Call Your First Witness Podcast, Kenneth M. Willis gives in depth legal analysis of the DA and Young Thug's theory of the YSL RICO case as revealed in opening statements and highlights two formidable opponents, Fulton County Chief Deputy DA Adriane Love versus Young Thug's Defense Lawyer, Brian Steel.  

2. IN THE NEWS-Young Thug YSL RICO Trial: That G-Code Ain't Easy

Kenneth M. Willis discusses YSL Co-founder and Ex Co-defendant turned State's witness Trontavious Stephens' difficult spot in testifying against Young Thug and Co-defendants in exchange for a plea deal and Thug's lawyer turning T. Stephens into an expert witness  in rap culture referencing Lil Wayne, LeBron James, Serena Williams and Snoop Dogg. 

Call Your First Witness

K. Will discusses the release of Call Your First Witness including where the podcast can be found and what it offers.