In an exclusive sit-down with MTV News, lawyer James Tilson says Weezy "seemed like he was in a very good place ' on Friday.
By Matt Elias
Lawyer James Tilson, Lil Wayne's Arizona counsel
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YUMA, Arizona — Moments after Lil Wayne was whisked away of his legal prosecution in Yuma, Arizona, on Friday (5 november), MTV News are only with Weezy of local counsel, James Tilson.
Tilson, the lawyer assigned to the Weezy case in Arizona broke from the beginning, the details of his client's case as it winds down.
"Today was to sign papers at the Department of probation," said Tilson. "He was placed in an uncontrolled trial for 36 months. But because his residence outside the State of Arizona is, he has the paperwork file and apply for interstate compact, which is a long way of saying that he is gonna have to be checked in another State. He really has no surveillance, he doesn't have an officer that he has to sign, but there is a process of getting the pilot switched from Arizona to Florida where his hometown is. "
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Tilson continued, "this is the beginning of that process.The paperwork was all signed [in Yuma], which will be forwarded to Florida.He is a consultant in Florida;they will be taking care of that. "
MTV News on Friday, also learned details of Wayne's probation, including a rule prohibiting him consume or drinking "all substances containing alcohol" for three years.
To the extent of Wayne must make an appearance in Arizona, Tilson said that he does not provide necessary.
"The case is here and the trial will continue for 36 months, unless we decide that there are reasons why the early terminate can," explained Tilson. the trial period, in which the process of "getting all the conditions are met and [that] his behavior is good and everything is fine, the [end] earlier than that," he added.
For those who speculated that Lil Wayne's minds can still have is tempered by the prospect of a cross-country detour to establish his case in Yuma, Tilson argued otherwise.
"Actually, I thought he looked very, he looked like he was in a very good place. He was glad to see his lawyers here. I have a little small talk with him sharing. I asked him about some of the things that we had discussed for — he seemed very well."
As for Wayne's next steps, "he will be back in Florida by Sunday and he has an obligation to report Wednesday, but the details that we didn't get into," Tilson closed.
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