Ja Rule’s Gun Possession Case Still Going
Ja Rule has unsuccessfully tried to get his gun possession case dropped an now his lawyer says that they’re going to continue to fight the charges. The rapper’s argument was that the cops didn’t have a cause to search his car after a concert which resulted in the authorities finding an unlicensed handgun. The judge recently denied the motion but did say that Ja Rule admitting he had a little weed in his pocket at the scene will not be used against him. Gun possession charges are serious though and carry a mandatory minimum of 3 and a half years in jail. Ja Rule will next be in court on March 3.
Ja Rule gun possession case still stands
Jan 24, 2010 Ja Rule
Another rapper with another .40 handgun that’s going to be tried for it, but it seems Ja Rule tried to have the case dropped by claiming that the police had no cause to search his car the day they found the gun. His judge didn’t buy it of course, but he did give Ja Rule a break. Apparently the rapper also admitted that he had some weed in his pocket and that is not going to be used against him in his trial. Isn’t there a bit of incongruence here? They’re going to have a trial about a gun that was found accidentally, but they’re not going to hold it against him that he had drugs on him. Is marijuana suddenly legal for Ja Rule?
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Ja Rule Gets Slammed for Bail
Ja Rule was in court in Manhattan on Wednesday for a hearing for concealed weapons charges. But get this, the rapper got slammed by the judge for paying his co-defendants’ bail! Jeffrey Atkins aka Ja Rule got reprimanded by Judge Micki Scherer saying that he “put himself in the position of perhaps controlling the outcome of the case” by posting around $150,000 for Dennis Cherry and Mohamed Gamal. The judge ordered the two to either pay their own bail or pay Ja back. The rapper’s lawyer said that the co-defendants’ will come up with their own packages. The trio will be back in court on March 20.