Published: Saturday - March 8, 2008
Words by Allen Starbury
Lil Wayne (Photo: Getty Images)
Rapper Lil Wayne's legal team filed a motion in Yuma County Superior Court in Arizona recently to reduce a charge of possession of drugs for sale.
According to the Associated Press, the 25-year-old rapper (real name: Dwayne Michael Carter Jr.) and his attorneys argue the original amount of cocaine found is less than stated in the original complaint.
The original complaint given to the grand jury said that Weezy was in possession of about 29 grams of cocaine when he was arrested in January, but they say that the rapper had fewer than eight grams, not including the weight of the packaging.
Wayne was officially charged at the end of January on one count each of possession of a narcotic drug for sale, possession of dangerous drugs, misconduct involving weapons and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
The charges stem from an arrest in late January when Wayne's tour bus was stopped and searched at a Border Patrol checkpoint just outside of Yuma, Arizona.
During the stop, narcotics were found -- including marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy pills -- and a 40-caliber pistol registered to the rapper. Wayne was arrested, along with two others, and booked into the Yuma County Sheriff's Department.
So far, Wayne has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
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