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Former New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty Thursday morning to one count of second-degree attempted criminal possession of a weapon in a deal that will send him to prison for two years.
The plea agreement, hammered out between prosecutors in the Manhattan District Attorney's Office and Burress' lawyer, was the result of negotiations ongoing since his arrest last November. Burress will also be subject to two years post-prison supervision.
Burress was indicted on gun possession charges for accidentally shooting himself in the thigh with an unlicensed weapon in a nightclub.
"After an agonizing period of discussion, Plaxico decided that he wanted to do this, put this behind him as quickly as possible," said his attorney Ben Brafman. "This is a perfect example, in many ways, of how bad judgment sometimes has very terrible consequences."
During negotiations, Burress' attorney was attempting to limit his client's prison time to a year behind bars. But the Manhattan District Attorney's office insisted on two years. Brafman believes his client was treated differently than the average person would have been for the same crime.
"If Plaxico Burress were not a high-profile individual, it would never have been a case," he said. "If he were John Doe, he would've walked out of that club. Nobody at the hospital reported the gunshot wound."
If Burress had been convicted of all charges, he could have faced 31/2 to 15 years in prison.
