REMY MA FOUND GUILTY ON ALMOST ALL COUNTS - FACES 25 YEARS IN PRISON!!!
xForcex said
17:04 03/27 2008
Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma was led out of a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, weeping and in handcuffs after being convicted of shooting a woman outside a nightclub last summer.
The defense had conceded that the entertainer fired a shot toward a friend she suspected of stealing $3,000 (1,900), but said it was an accident.
The 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, faces up to 25 years in prison following her conviction in state Supreme Court for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion.
She quietly wiped away tears as the verdict was read, then wailed loudly and sobbed openly after she was outside the courtroom. Many of her supporters also cried.
Justice Rena Uviller ordered her jailed without bail while awaiting her April 23 sentencing.Remy Ma was nominated for a Grammy as part of the Terror Squad for the 2004 hit "Lean Back." She also has appeared on recordings with Busta Rhymes and Eminem.
The rapper was acquitted of witness tampering and gang assault, charges related to a Bronx nightclub attack on the boyfriend of a witness who ultimately testified against her.
Remy Ma got into Makeda Barnes Joseph's car after a party at the Manhattan nightclub on July 14, 2007, and demanded that she dump her purse.
Assistant District Attorney Michael McIntosh said the defendant "took an illegal .45-caliber automatic and loaded it with hollow-point bullets," then used both hands to cock the weapon as she got into the car. "She took every step you had to take to shoot somebody," said the prosecutor.
Defense lawyer Ivan Fisher said the gun went off accidentally as the women struggled over the bag.
Joseph, who was shot in the abdomen, testified that she underwent three surgeries during a three-week hospital stay.
Buddah said
17:08 03/27 2008
dat sad...but she coulda handle di situation different...3 grand shouldnt have been nothing 2 her..so imagine di money she bout 2 loose over dat 3 grand...i kno its a respect ting, so if u dont have it, and s****ody tek it, u gine do wat necessary, but dis different...well my opinion still
Ambassidah said
20:37 03/27 2008
mi know seh di purse wah she have cost more dan 3000. daak she daak
Djfella said
20:41 03/27 2008
most of these rappers wanna be gangsta and don't wanna go to jail
The defense had conceded that the entertainer fired a shot toward a friend she suspected of stealing $3,000 (1,900), but said it was an accident.
The 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, faces up to 25 years in prison following her conviction in state Supreme Court for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion.
She quietly wiped away tears as the verdict was read, then wailed loudly and sobbed openly after she was outside the courtroom. Many of her supporters also cried.
Justice Rena Uviller ordered her jailed without bail while awaiting her April 23 sentencing.Remy Ma was nominated for a Grammy as part of the Terror Squad for the 2004 hit "Lean Back." She also has appeared on recordings with Busta Rhymes and Eminem.
The rapper was acquitted of witness tampering and gang assault, charges related to a Bronx nightclub attack on the boyfriend of a witness who ultimately testified against her.
Remy Ma got into Makeda Barnes Joseph's car after a party at the Manhattan nightclub on July 14, 2007, and demanded that she dump her purse.
Assistant District Attorney Michael McIntosh said the defendant "took an illegal .45-caliber automatic and loaded it with hollow-point bullets," then used both hands to cock the weapon as she got into the car. "She took every step you had to take to shoot somebody," said the prosecutor.
Defense lawyer Ivan Fisher said the gun went off accidentally as the women struggled over the bag.
Joseph, who was shot in the abdomen, testified that she underwent three surgeries during a three-week hospital stay.