The youngest child of late reggae star Bob Marley has pleaded guilty to a drug charge after police caught her growing
marijuana in her Pennsylvania home, her lawyer said.
Makeda Marley pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two charges, including manufacture
of a controlled substance, after police were called to her West Chester,
Pennsylvania home for a dispute two years ago and discovered almost a
dozen marijuana plants in the basement, her lawyer Thomas Schindler
said..
Sentencing has been scheduled for October. In return for her guilty plea, prosecutors dropped a minimum one-year prison
sentence that would normally be mandatory for the amount of marijuana
found in Marley‘s home, Reuters reports.
The 29-year-old, who was born several weeks after her father died of cancer, faces a
likely sentence of between probation and nine months in prison.
She told the court at a hearing in February that the proceeds of a fund
granted by her father‘s estate had dried up and she now worked as a
waitress, according to the Daily Local News of West Chester.
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