Lil’ Wayne To Serve Hard Time After 1-Year Sentence Doled

Lil’ Wayne outside Mahattan court after judge hands down plea bargain of 1-year sentence in prison for criminal weapons shenanigans

Lil’ Wayne managed to swindle police and justice officials (obviously consulting a lawyer) in his ongoing criminal weapons dilemma, pleadin’ & barg’nain his way outta’ more serious charges Thursday inside a Manhattan courthouse, earning 1-year hard jail time.

Judge Solomon doled out a sentence on the lesser charge of “attempted criminal possession of a weapon” in the second degree, complete with 1-year prison lockdown. Weezy fo-sheezied outta’ there quickly too, heading home while free on $30K bail-bond…though it’s undeniable he’ll get to spend at least some portion, if not the entire year locked up inside a concrete prison base!

27-year-old Grammy winner, aka Dwayne Carter III, appeared before Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Charles Solomon and copped to a felony count of attempted criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree. Hizzoner allowed the New Orleans MC to remain free on his current $30,000 bond but ordered him to surrender his passport. The “Hot Revolver” rapper struck a deal with Manhattan prosecutors and pleaded guilty today to attempted weapons possession in exchange for a one-year prison sentence, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office confirmed to E! News.

Lil Wayne’s attorney, Stacey Richman, told E! that the plea agreement had been in the works for some time. “Wayne decided that this was what he wanted to do. I think he had made the decision some time ago and there were discussions [with members of his posse],” the legal eagle said.