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Snoop Dogg pleads not guilty
25/01/2007 10:13 - (SA)
California - Rapper Snoop Dogg pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to a charge of possessing a deadly weapon, a collapsible police baton found in his luggage at an airport.
The rapper, who is free on bail, did not attend the hearing.
If convicted, he could face up to three years in prison.
Snoop Dogg, whose real name is whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus, was charged with the felony count after a security screener noticed the baton on September 27 2006.
Broadus has said the baton was a prop for a video he was filming in New York.
Meanwhile, no charges have been filed against the rapper in connection with two arrests in October and November.
The cases were under review, said Jane Robison, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.
Broadus was arrested on October 26 at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank for investigation of being a felon in possession of a gun and transportation of marijuana.
On November 28, he was arrested outside NBC Studios in Burbank for investigation of illegally having a firearm, cocaine, marijuana and a false compartment in his vehicle.
- AP
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