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Courthouse Fire Delays Lil Wayne Sentencing Again

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First he had to get his teeth fixed, then the courthouse nearly burnt down. A random assortment of hold ups have dragged out the sentencing of rapper Lil Wayne, after he pleaded guilty last year to criminal charges of felony gun possession and agreed to spend a year in prison. In mid February, the 27-year-old New Orleans native was allowed by a judge to go to Miami for an 8-hour root canal surgery on his bejeweled jaw. This past Tuesday, he was scheduled yet again to appear before a judge in New York City to be sentenced, but this time a fire stood in the way of Wayne?s prison time. But the fire had nothing to do with Lil Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Carter. New York City authorities said that part of a sprinkler system in the basement of a 17-story Manhattan courthouse was illegally disconnected...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Criminal Defense Blog on March 05, 2010 (boomark / email).