Prosecution Rests in Yella Beezy Trial as Judge Denies Dismissal Push

The prosecution rested its case Monday in the Dallas capital murder trial of Yella Beezy, the rapper accused in connection with the 2020 killing of fellow Dallas artist MO3 on Interstate 35E. The trial now turns to the defense, after days of testimony that prosecutors say ties the shooting to a paid hit.

Among the most damaging details for the defense: jurors heard that Kewon White, the convicted shooter in MO3’s killing, searched “yella beezy net worth” eight days before the murder. Prosecutors presented the search as part of a trail suggesting White was looking into the man the state says put the plan in motion — testimony the defense worked to keep in context and at arm’s length from their client.

The court also pressed a defense witness, Lynn Scott, MO3’s former label marketing staffer, over text messages about crafting a public response on the day MO3 died. The exchanges, examined across November 9 and 10, became one of the week’s most contested stretches of testimony as both sides fought over what the messages actually showed.

Beezy’s team asked the judge to dismiss the case outright, arguing the state had not carried its burden. The judge denied the motion, and the trial moves forward — meaning the decision now sits where it was always headed: with a Dallas jury weighing whether the evidence connects the rapper to the killing beyond a reasonable doubt.

Yella Beezy has maintained his innocence, and nothing in this week’s testimony changes the fact that the verdict is still to come. The case remains one of the most closely watched in Dallas hip hop, where MO3’s death in broad daylight on a city highway never stopped haunting the scene.

HipHopStories will follow the defense case and the verdict as the trial continues. Whatever the jury decides, the outcome will close — or reopen — one of the darkest chapters in modern Dallas rap.