Overview
- Fulton County Judge Paige Reese Whitaker dismissed the state’s appeal in the civil forfeiture case, citing an unreasonable delay and the prosecution’s failure to order a mandatory transcript.
- The order requires the return by 5 p.m. Jan. 9 of more than $149,000 in cash, jewelry, and vehicles including a 2022 Corvette, a 2022 Porsche 911, three Mercedes-Benzes, a 2021 Jeep Grand Cherokee, a 2018 Lamborghini, and a Can-Am Spyder.
- The court said civil forfeiture must be strictly construed against the state, directing the property be returned promptly and free of liens, with no further appeal allowed to delay the handover.
- The seized-weapons category remains excluded from return under Young Thug’s October 2024 plea agreement and probation terms.
- The property dispute stems from the 2022 YSL RICO case; after Whitaker earlier dismissed the forfeiture complaint, the state appealed, and Young Thug’s motion to dismiss that appeal was granted this week.