Remy Ma sentenced to eight yearsRapper plans to appeal ruling in nightclub shootingMay 13, 2008, 12:22 PM ET
NEW YORK -- Remy Ma has been sentenced to eight years in prison in
the shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.
The state Supreme Court sentence was handed Tuesday to the 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion. Remy Ma, who could have faced 25 years in prison, was teary-eyed as she heard the sentence. She says last summer's shooting was an accident; an appeal is planned. Correction officials say they called off her weekend wedding at the Rikers Island jail after the groom -- fellow rapper Papoose -- showed up with a handcuff key. Remy Ma's lawyer, Ivan Fisher, denies the key could be used to unlock handcuffs. Papoose isn't charged. Fisher says the two still plan to wed. Remy Ma sentenced to eight yearsRapper plans to appeal ruling in nightclub shootingMay 13, 2008, 12:22 PM ET
NEW YORK -- Remy Ma has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.
The state Supreme Court sentence was handed Tuesday to the 26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, for assault, weapon possession and attempted coercion. Remy Ma, who could have faced 25 years in prison, was teary-eyed as she heard the sentence. She says last summer's shooting was an accident; an appeal is planned. Correction officials say they called off her weekend wedding at the Rikers Island jail after the groom -- fellow rapper Papoose -- showed up with a handcuff key. Remy Ma's lawyer, Ivan Fisher, denies the key could be used to unlock handcuffs. Papoose isn't charged. Fisher says the two still plan to wed.
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