Rapper Bobby Shmurda gets seven years on weapons and conspiracy charges
"I was forced to take this sentence," Bobby Shmurda told the judge, according to the New York Daily News.
Judge Abraham Clott confirmed the prison term but ruled there was no need for more time to review the case.
Bobby Shmurda argued with his lawyer in court after he tried to reject the deal, called a plea bargain in America, at the last-minute.He told Alex Spiro: "I want to drop my plea and fire you... Why are you telling me to waive my rights? I am not waiving my rights."
The rapper accepted a deal to plead guilty to two charges last month in return for the seven-year sentence, which includes time already served.
Police reported that they'd seized 21 guns from Shmurda and seven associates but argued that his was a prop.
Bobby Shmurda told Complex magazine last month that his lawyer warned him that he would struggle to make his case in court.
"Who are they going to believe, the word of this black kid talking about shooting stuff up or the word of white officers?" he said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37712158/rapper-bobby-shmurda-gets-seven-years-on-weapons-and-conspiracy-charges
IMO, he was framed by a police search & now trapped in the legal system & 'tricked' out of a jury trial.