The Game pleads not guilty to charges

Charged with felony counts of making criminal threat, firearm possession

	Jayceon Terell Taylor, better known by his stage name The Game, is charged with three felony counts of making a criminal threat, possessing a firearm in a school zone and exhibiting a firearm in the presence of an officer.
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updated 8:10 p.m. ET June 7, 2007

LOS ANGELES - The Game pleaded not guilty Thursday to punching and threatening to shoot a man during a pickup basketball game in South Los Angeles.

The 27-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jayceon Terrell Taylor, entered the pleas in Superior Court. He is charged with three felony counts of making a criminal threat, possessing a firearm in a school zone and exhibiting a firearm in the presence of an officer.

Taylor, who remained free on $50,000 bail, faces more than five years in state prison if convicted.

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Prosecutors contend that during a Feb. 24 pickup basketball game, Taylor punched an opposing player, then pulled a gun from his red Cadillac Escalade and threatened to shoot him.