Mill is a rapper who was found guilty in 2009 of the following charges, according to court documents: carrying a firearm without a license, carrying firearms in public, possessing an instrument of crime, carrying a loaded weapon, and drug possession.
His conviction earned him a prison sentence of 11 to 23 months and five years’ probation, according to court records. Mill served five months before being released, but over the next several years continued to violate his probation, earning him additional prison time and an extended term of probation.
At his last court appearance in November — after two more probation violations, in Manhattan and St. Louis — Brinkley said Mill had “thumbed [his] nose at this court” and sentenced him to two to four years behind bars, a decision that sparked immediate backlash from Mill’s fans and celebrity supporters.
But Mill now is appealing his initial conviction, saying he did not receive a fair trial a decade ago and thus should not have been on probation at all. He got a major boost last week when the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office said it agreed Mill should receive a new trial.
Prosecutors based that decision on what they called credibility issues with Mill’s arresting officer, Reginald V. Graham, who only recently has been accused of lying to secure Mill’s conviction. Graham also was included on a list of so-called untrustworthy cops — a fact about which Mill’s lawyers say they had not been informed — and retired from the police force last year while allegations swirled that he’d stolen money during a drug bust and lied to the FBI.
Mill was arrested in NYC for riding an unlicensed dirtbike and an ATV on the streets. Usually people get traffic tickets for such things. .
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