Rapper REMY MA is confident she will non need to serve her eight-year prison house sentence for weapons and assault charges in full - because she is sure she will be vindicated upon appeal.
The 26-year-old rap music star - real list Reminisce Smith - was convicted in March (08) of rape, weapons possession and attempted coercion for shooting Makeda Barnes Joseph in the abdomen last year (07).
She was convicted of the charges and sentenced in May (08), despite maintaining her innocence, claiming the shooting was an "accident".
Smith has since hired cover lawyers William Murphy, Jr., Kenneth Ravenell and Richard Levitt to launch an appeal against the verdict, and is hopeful her legal squad will clear her on all counts.
She says, "With the addition of Mr Murphy, Ravenell, and Levitt, I now consider I have assembled a team that will get the power and expertness to narrate my side of the story.
"I am confident that later hearing everything, my side will rule. Mr Murphy comes highly recommended and I am pleased that he has agreed to lead my defence team."
And Murphy Jr., a senior partner in the Murphy Firm, has as well predicted his client will walk disembarrass following an appeal.
He tells AllHipHop.com, "We are pleased to handle Remy Ma's attract.
"We are confident that when we present all the facts, the world for the first time will arrive a true picture of what actually happened; and Remy will be clear."
Smith is currently helping time at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women in New York as she awaits the appeal.
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