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Buju Banton Cocaine Drug Trial Begins, Faces Life Sentence
According to reports, Banton is currently facing life behind bars if convicted.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the cocaine trial of Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton. The four-time Grammy nominee's trial will begin Monday in federal court in Tampa, Fla. He faces a possible life sentence if convicted. Prosecutors say Banton and an associate negotiated with an informant to buy more than five kilograms of cocaine. Along with a third man, they allegedly met with an undercover officer in Sarasota in early December to buy the drugs. The informant told Drug Enforcement Administration agents that he also saw the singer inspecting the cocaine. (New York Times)
Earlier this year, Buju pleaded his innocence in the case.
Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton has pleaded not guilty to a drug charge in a Florida federal court. Banton was arraigned Thursday (Jan. 7) on a charge of conspiring to buy more than five kilograms of cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officerin Sarasota last month. The 36-year-old singer, born Mark Myrie, did not seek bail. If he bonded out of jail, he would be held by immigration officials. Banton's attorney says his client is innocent and does not plan to seek a deal. Banton will likely miss the Jan. 31 Grammy Awards, where he is nominated for his latest album, "Rasta Got Soul." (Billboard)
He previously appeared in court last December when he was transferred from Miami to Tampa.
Wearing a beige jail jumpsuit and shackles, Banton, 36, sat expressionless in the front row of the Miami federal courtroom, his trademark dreadlocks pulled back off his narrow face and rolled into a bundle. Occasionally he looked out into the courtroom where, in the back row, his publicist and two members of the local Jamaican Consulate observed the proceedings. The only time Banton spoke was when he uttered his real name and age, and confirmed to U.S. Magistrate Judge William Turnoff that he was indeed waiving his bail hearing in Miami to be transferred to Tampa. (Miami Herald)
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9/20/2010, 10:34 am
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Bump the thread, he won the grammy:-)
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2/20/2011, 9:07 am
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