The rapper was in court Wednesday in New York listening to the forensic evidence being used to tie him to the gun found when his tour bus was pulled over in Columbus Circle, NY after a July 2007 concert and cops say they saw him toss the .40-caliber into a Louis Vuitton bag. The prosecution is using a highly controversial method called “low copy number DNA profiling” which takes samples of human cells of an object to determine if somebody has touched it and even how much.

More than a dozen people were originally arrested during the incident with Wayne eventually pleading not guilty to an illegal gun possession charge which he faces 3 1/2 years for. The case starts January 20th, but rumors are already swirling that Wayne will opt out of the trial, plead guilty and do about 8 months in jail which could start as early as February.