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Rapper Lil Wayne Pleads Guilty to Gun Possession

By mbrickley

Rapper Lil Wayne ? real name Dwayne Carter ? recently pleaded guilty to attempted gun possession in front of Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon. He pleaded not guilty to the charge of criminal possession of a weapon because he claims the gun was not his. The Associated Press reported that Lil Wayne received one year in prison for his conviction. If he would have been convicted of criminal possession he would have faced three-and?a-half years in prison, which is the mandatory sentence in the state of New York. Lil Wayne was arrested back in July 2008 for possession of a .40 caliber pistol. Police pulled over the rapper?s bus after it left the Manhattan concert venue, The Beacon Theater. Police claimed they smelled marijuana smoke coming from the bus when it was parked in the lot of the venue...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Criminal Defense Blog on November 02, 2009 (boomark / email).