Young Dolph murder suspect Justin Johnson found guilty after fellow conspirators testify against him

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE: Suspect Justin Johnson in Young Dolph’s murder case was sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty by the court.

On Thursday, September 26, the jurors deliberated for under four hours to unanimously decide on Johnson.

Young Dolph had a $100K bounty on his head

Justin Johnson was found guilty of multiple charges including first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, and felon in possession of a firearm.

Fellow conspirator Cornelius Smith testified that the rapper Yo Gotti’s brother, Anthony "Big Jook" Mims, put out a $100,000 hit on Dolph.

He also put bounties on all the artists at Dolph's record label, Paper Route Empire.

Suspect Hernandez Govan helped them to set up the hit on any Paper Route Empire rappers they could find in time, per TMZ.

Smith said he and co-defendant Johnson set out on the morning of November 17, 2021, "looking for somebody" and "didn’t know who we were going to catch," per Fox 26 Houston.

Rapper Dolph started his career as a mixtape artist, and then released multiple studio albums including ‘King of Memphis', and ‘Rich Slave'.

The Memphis artist went on to collaborate with stars such as Megan Thee Stallion, Key Glock, Gucci Mane, and 2 Chainz.

Netizens react to court ruling in Young Dolph’s murder hearing

Internet reflects on the verdict in Young Dolph’s murder case. A few praised the swift ruling by the judge in the murder trial. 

"I hope the state is able to get the max for everyone involved. Dolph should still be here. So senseless," a user shared on X. "I’m glad it didn’t take long to reach the guilty verdict," expressed another individual.

One slammed the convict during sentencing, "Doing all that church rocking, lip pursing ,& saying 'd*mn' with all that eye blinking is unnecessary. Have that same energy you had hopping out the car showing your underwear and unnecessarily taking a life!"

"Guarantee none of his 'day 1 homies' visit him after a year. He will come to the cold hard realization life goes on and people move on. The streets have no loyalty," penned another person.

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