Meek Mill will soon have his day in court, with an opportunity to get his 2007 drug and gun conviction overturned. That conviction led to him being placed on probation, which Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Genece Brinkley recently ruled he violated. Resulting in her sentencing him to 2-4 years in prison.
Fox 29 reports that a hearing has been set for Monday, April 16.
This potentially huge break for Meek, born Robert Williams, comes on the heels of an article published by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
In it Police Officer Jerold Gibson claims fellow cop Reginald Graham lied when he said Meek pointed a gun at him and resisted arrest.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Meek's lawyer, Peter Goldberger, filed a motion Wednesday, February 16.
"The guilty verdicts were expressly based on the court crediting Officer Graham's testimony, Without Graham's testimony, [he] could not have been convicted on any count," Goldberger wrote.
The rapper's legal team is urging Judge Brinkley to overturn the conviction based on contradictions between sworn testimony and the account of the arresting officer.
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