{"id":2318,"date":"2025-08-27T03:56:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2025-08-27T03:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:56:30","slug":"boosie-badazz-pleads-guilty-to-federal-gun-possession-faces-up-to-2-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/?p=2318","title":{"rendered":"Boosie Badazz Pleads Guilty to Federal Gun Possession; Faces Up to 2 Years in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Guilty Plea and Sentencing Timeline<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 26, 2025, rapper Boosie Badazz (real name: Torrence Ivy Hatch Jr.) officially pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm\u2014a major legal turn in a case that\u2019s been a year in the making. He\u2019s currently facing a sentencing date set for Friday, November 21, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How It All Started<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The case began back in May 2023 during a San Diego traffic stop. Boosie was filmed on Instagram Live with a firearm in his waistband, prompting law enforcement to track his vehicle via helicopter and recover two guns at that stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Legal Back-and-Forth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Initially, Boosie expected a lighter state-level sentence and waived further challenge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A court ruling in 2024 briefly dismissed the case, suggesting it may be unconstitutional to bar a felon with nonviolent drug offenses from possessing firearms. Boosie walked free in tears.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>However, that decision was later overturned on appeal\u2014reviving the case under federal charges.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s at Stake<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although prosecutors could push for up to 15 years, the recommendation currently stands at 24 months in prison.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2488.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2488.jpeg 465w, https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2488-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/IMG_2488-360x216.jpeg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guilty Plea and Sentencing Timeline On August 26, 2025, rapper Boosie Badazz (real name: Torrence Ivy Hatch Jr.) officially pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm\u2014a major legal turn in a case that\u2019s been a year in the making. He\u2019s currently facing a sentencing date set for Friday, November 21, 2025&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,56],"tags":[1097,1095,1096,1093,1094],"class_list":["post-2318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","category-crime-and-justice","tag-boosie-2-year-recommendation","tag-boosie-badazz-guilty-plea","tag-boosie-federal-plea","tag-boosie-gun-possession-case","tag-boosie-sentencing-november-2025"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2318"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2321,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions\/2321"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/verifiedviral.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}