Attorneys for defendant Deamonte Kendrick requested the appellate courtroom to place the trial on maintain and order Glanville to permit one other decide to think about if his recusal is warranted. Kendrick’s attorneys additionally requested the state Supreme Courtroom to direct Glanville to supply an unredacted transcript of the personal assembly held June 10 in his chambers.“Earlier than looking for authentic mandamus aid from this courtroom, Kendrick is required to indicate that he first sought and was denied entry to the correct channels for looking for aid in superior courtroom,” the state Supreme Courtroom mentioned. “He admits that he has not filed a stand-alone mandamus petition in opposition to Chief Decide Glanville in superior courtroom.”Mandamus is a authorized time period for a courtroom order directing an individual or group to do one thing.Within the petition to the state Supreme Courtroom, Kendrick’s attorneys mentioned looking for aid within the trial courtroom can be futile, because the request can be assigned to Glanville, who would merely deny it.The state Supreme Courtroom mentioned Glanville “can be disqualified from presiding over the matter” if Kendrick filed a petition looking for an order forcing Glanville to assign the recusal requests to a different decide.“A distinct decide would think about Kendrick’s petition, and both occasion could attraction the ultimate determination,” the state Supreme Courtroom mentioned. “Though this courtroom has the ability to grant authentic aid within the nature of mandamus (beneath Georgia legislation), it has chosen to keep up its common standing as an appellate courtroom and to train its authentic jurisdiction solely in extraordinarily uncommon conditions the place want has been proven.”Doug Weinstein, one among Kendrick’s legal professionals, mentioned on social media Thursday that “we’re not carried out looking for aid.”“The (state Supreme Courtroom) has laid out a transparent path that not solely needs to be adopted by us however should be adopted by Fulton and (chief decide) Glanville,” Weinstein wrote in a public put up concerning the ruling.Protection attorneys raised issues that in the course of the closed-door assembly, Glanville and prosecutors improperly pressured witness Kenneth Copeland to testify. Copeland was granted immunity in change for his testimony in opposition to the defendants. He was jailed for being in contempt of courtroom when he initially refused to reply questions whereas on the witness stand.Copeland testified after the personal assembly within the decide’s chambers.When Younger Thug’s lead lawyer, Brian Metal, came upon concerning the assembly and requested Glanville to clarify what had occurred, Glanville held Metal in contempt of courtroom and sentenced him to twenty days in jail – the utmost attainable punishment. The decide demanded to understand how Metal discovered of the assembly and Metal refused to reveal his supply, citing confidentiality guidelines.The decide’s dealing with of the problem outraged many Georgia attorneys who mentioned Metal was solely doing his job and didn’t must reveal how he discovered of the assembly.The state Supreme Courtroom put Metal’s sentence on maintain on June 12 whereas it considers whether or not Glanville’s contempt ruling was correct. The courtroom’s determination is anticipated to take months.Glanville has scheduled a listening to to find out whether or not any of the individuals concerned within the assembly additionally needs to be held in contempt of courtroom for telling protection counsel about it. In Georgia, legal contempt will be punishable by a nice or as much as 20 days in jail.