Rajon Rondo is hoping he will not need to combat a prison gun cost for much longer … TMZ Sports activities has realized he is simply requested a choose to throw out the rely he is dealing with.
Courtroom paperwork we obtained present the previous NBA star’s lawyer filed a movement on Tuesday to dismiss the illegal carrying of a handgun cost prosecutors hit Rondo with following his arrest late final month.
NBA’s Rajon Rondo Arrested, Booked On Weed & Gun Charges
Within the paperwork, Rondo’s lawyer argues the cost is unconstitutional … saying the ex-Boston Celtics level guard is protected by the Second Modification proper to bear arms that gave him the proper to have the handgun cops say they discovered on him throughout a Jan. 28 visitors cease in Indiana.
“The statute under which Rondo is charged fails to be consistent with the Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation,” the docs state.
A choose has not but made a ruling on the movement … however there’s a listening to on the docket scheduled for late March.
Rondo was first booked on the gun cost following allegations {that a} loaded, black, “P365” 9 MM was found below the cupholder of his automotive after cops pulled him over for not having plates on the again of his Tesla.
Cops mentioned resulting from a earlier case in opposition to Rondo, he was not allowed to have the firearm. The truth is, in police paperwork, one officer wrote, “I asked Rondo Sr. if he was allowed to have a gun and Rondo Sr. said he was not allowed.”
Along with the gun cost, Rondo can be dealing with one rely of possession of marijuana and one rely of possession of paraphernalia within the case … after cops mentioned they discovered weed, THC gummies and a pipe with marijuana residue in his Tesla throughout the cease as nicely.
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Rondo — a four-time All-Star — final performed within the NBA throughout the 2021-22 season.
