By Chris McManus
Dwayne Carter, better known as "Lil Wayne," expects to receive a one-year jail sentence after police found a gun on his tour bus in 2007. He had previously pleaded not guilty to the gun charges, which carried a over a three year jail sentence. The trial was supposed to begin on January 20.
The 27-year-old is also scheduled for trial on felony drug possession charges in Arizona, which come from a January 2008 arrest at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint.
The Case:
Police pulled over the rapper's tour bus after smelling marijuana smoke on July 22, 2007. As an officer approached, Lil Wayne threw away a bag containing the loaded weapon. More details on that night here.
Prosecutors said that small samples of DNA were on the loaded weapon at the time of Lil Wayne's arrest. The defense questioned the DNA testing technique, and said the gun does not belong to the rapper.
