Just as T.I. attorneys
continue with their motions to suppress evidence seized from the rapper’s
vehicle and statements he made during the arrest; Prosecutors plan to retaliate
by bringing T.I.’s previous
convictions into the case.
According the Associated
Press, the Prosecution filed a motion with the U.S. District Court in Atlanta
that stated their plans to introduce T.I.P.’s
prior arrests for possession of illegal firearms, ammunition and silencers.
The rapper was first arrested on December 22, 2001 for possession
of a concealed 9mm pistol. He wasn’t convicted in the arrest in which he allegedly
gave police a false name (Douglas Morgan).
Nearly a year later, on November 1, 2002, T.I. (real name Clifford Harris) was arrested and convicted in Henry County for possession
of a 10mm pistol.
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On December 18, 2004, after police searched his Fulton
Country home on a warrant and discovered a firearm with an attached silencer,
ammunition and several photos of T.I.
holding the weapons; no criminal conviction came in the result of the arrest.
On top of the three separate weapons charges, T.I.P. was also arrested for selling
crack in Atlanta at the age of 17. He later violated his, seven year probation sentence
which resulted in a short period of jail time.
HipHopDX will
keep you up to date as more details arise about the case.
