Bronx rapper Lee Drilly has sent a sentencing memorandum to the judge in his drug trafficking case, pleading to get a reduced sentence that would be less than those available to his alleged co-conspirators.
According to the court documents obtained by HipHopDX, the memorandum — which was originally written in January, but filed on Friday (March 15) — claimed that the drill rapper (real name Ali Doby) should only receive a sentence of five years because he wasn’t as culpable as the others involved in the alleged conspiracy.
The documents further state that Lee Drilly was a dedicated student in high school, who fell away from his studies during the COVID-19 pandemic and was lured into the drug game by his brother. It was also revealed that Lee Drilly’s father was a security guard for Bad Boy Records, and it was his father’s connections in the music industry that helped him gain an entrance into the industry.
“Ali’s participation in the criminal organization charged in this case was relatively minor,” read the documents, in part. “He was the principal seller of crack in just one transaction recorded by the Government and was otherwise essentially just present while others were doing the selling.”
The documents continue: “Ali takes responsibility for his actions, accepts that he will be punished, and vows to live a law-abiding life once released from prison. For these reasons, and those discussed above, a below-guidelines sentence of 60 months is sufficient, but not greater than necessary to meet the goals of sentencing.”
Check out the documents, in full, below:
Bronx rapper Lee Drilly pleads with judge for leniency in drug trafficking case pic.twitter.com/OpXmLbhPS1
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