The state rested its case on Monday in the capital murder trial of Dallas rapper Yella Beezy, and the defense opened its case with testimony from a former label executive who defended the way the team responded after Mo3 was killed.
Prosecutors rested just before 4 pm Central on November 9 after more testimony from lead Dallas police Detective Eric Barnes, according to WFAA. The defense then asked Judge Chika Anyiam to dismiss the charge for lack of evidence, a request the judge denied, both WFAA and FOX 4 Dallas reported.
Yella Beezy, born Markies Conway, has pleaded not guilty to capital murder. Prosecutors allege that Conway and Trapboy Freddy paid Kewon White 40,000 dollars to kill fellow Dallas rapper Mo3, born Melvin Noble Jr., who was shot on Interstate 35 in Dallas on November 11, 2020. Conway denies any role in the killing.
The defense called Lynn M. Scott as its first witness. Scott worked in marketing at Hitco Entertainment, the label run by L.A. Reid, and worked closely with Conway in 2020. She told jurors that a trip to California beg
inning November 10, 2020 was label business, planned as a typical three day promotional visit, and that the label, not the artist, decided when songs were released.
inning November 10, 2020 was label business, planned as a typical three day promotional visit, and that the label, not the artist, decided when songs were released.Scott also said she was in California with Conway on November 11, 2020, the day Mo3 was killed. Under cross examination, prosecutor Tommy Adams pressed her about a text message she sent that afternoon after news broke of the shooting. Scott read the message to the jury: "We need to hop on a call to strategize messaging around what just happened in Dallas."
Adams questioned why the team needed to craft a response so quickly after the shooting. Scott said her job required getting the rapper ready for public attention and that preparing a response was part of her work, not a sign of involvement in the crime.
The testimony opened the third week of a trial that has already seen sharp turns. A jury was seated on October 26. Earlier in the trial, Cedric Bradley, a longtime associate now in federal custody, testified that White confessed to him after the shooting and said he was angry he had still not been paid the money he was promised.
On November 2, Jose Bodega, a childhood friend of Conway, recanted his grand jury account and told jurors he made up his claim that Conway wanted Mo3 dead. Prosecutors countered that Bodega had 
already given his account to a grand jury before he ever sat down with state prosecutors about this case.
already given his account to a grand jury before he ever sat down with state prosecutors about this case.White was found guilty of capital murder in his own trial on September 4, 2026 and sentenced to life without parole. His conviction does not decide Conway's case, and all charges against Conway remain allegations unless proven in court.
Testimony resumes Tuesday morning, November 10, at 9 am Central, with the defense now presenting its case. The trial is expected to run about two weeks in total.
Sources: WFAA, FOX 4 Dallas, XXL, AllHipHop
