Snoop Dogg has reason to celebrate after a judge sealed the records on his 1993 murder charge.
According to TMZ, Snoop petitioned to have the arrest records sealed back in January. The court granted his application a month later, officially sealing the murder charge. Back in 1993, Snoop Dogg and his bodyguard, McKinley Lee, were charged with first-degree murder. They were accused of shooting and killing Philip Woldemariam, a 20-year-old alleged gang member, during a confrontation in the Palms neighbourhood of Los Angeles.
Snoop Dogg was tried on first and second-degree murder charges in 1996. He remained free on a $1 million bail. After a lengthy trial, the rapper and his bodyguard were acquitted of murder. The jury accepted that Lee shot Woldemariam in self-defense. Snoop Dogg’s legal troubles did not stop his career from flourishing. In fact, the case brought him even more attention. Snoop was crafting his debut album, Doggystyle, while awaiting trial. He released the single and accompanying 18-minute short film Murder Was The Case in 1994, directed by Dr. Dre and Fab Five Freddy
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