Despite the request from Dancehall/Reggae superstar Buju Banton to be absent from his sentencing hearing on a firearm charge in the US District Court in Florida next month, judge James Moody has denied his request and ordered that he be there!
A member of his legal team Ihmotep Alkebu-lan made a formal request on behalf of the artist who found the transporting facilities are “deplorable” and he would rather stay where he is at.”
However, Alkebu-lan has stated that the judge has since issued an order requiring that Buju Banton be present at the sentencing hearing on October 30 in the US District Court in Tampa, Florida.
Buju had appealed his 10-year sentence after being found guilty on cocaine related charges but the appeal was thrown out by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta Georgia. The court also re-instated a firearm charge that was dismissed by Judge James Moody.
The entertainer is currently being housed at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Miami, a low security prison.
Buju Banton faces an additional five years on the firearm charge.
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