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LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court panel has upheld the conviction of rapper Tory Lanez for the 2020 shooting of hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion.

Lanez, 33, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was previously found guilty in December 2022 on multiple charges and subsequently sentenced to 10 years in state prison.

Verdict stands

What we know:

A three-justice panel from California 2nd district court of appeals affirmed rapper Lanez's conviction on Wednesday.

The charges Lanez was found guilty of in December 2022 were assault with a semiautomatic firearm, having a loaded unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence.

Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in state prison in August 2023.

In its 46-page ruling, the panel rejected the defense's

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