LOS ANGELES -- Daz Dillinger got off $59 cheaper than Snoop

Doggy

Dogg after the rappers pled no contest at their arraignments Tuesday

(July

14) morning for drug possession.

With separate judges ruling their cases, Snoop received the

maximum penalty

of $100 for the charge, while Daz received a lesser fine of $75,

according

to courtroom clerks at Beverly Hills Municipal Court. In addition,

they

each received different penalty assessment charges, bringing Snoop's

grand

total to $270 and Daz's to $211.

"It's up to the judge's discretion what they'll be fined, and in this

case,

the judge handling [Daz's] case fined him with less than the

maximum,"

Deputy District Attorney Ellen Aragon said. She added that the

assessment charges are calculated according to the amount of the

fine.

Snoop, 26, (a.k.a. Calvin Cordozar Broadus), and Daz, 24, (a.k.a. Delmar

Arnaud) -- who did not have to appear -- were represented by their

lawyers.

Daz's attorney Brent Merritt had no comment on the ruling, while

Shawn Chapman, who appeared for Snoop, could not be reached at

press time.

Snoop and Daz were arrested May 1 after summoning police to help

break up a

fight backstage at Universal Ampitheatre in Universal City. The

officers searched the men after smelling marijuana on them, finding

less than one ounce of the drug on each rapper, police said.

Snoop, who is currently on probation for a 1997 conviction of illegal

weapons possession, had faced a maximum of three years in jail if

found

guilty of violating probation based on the drug charge. However, last

week

the rapper appeared in front of Los Angeles County Superior Court

Judge

Jacqueline Conner and pled guilty to the violation. Conner gave him

no jail

time, only stricter terms on his probation.

Snoop, who was acquitted of murder in 1996, now has to report to a

probation officer on a regular basis.

After signing a deal last spring with Master P's No Limit Records,

Snoop

will unleash his third solo album, Da Game is to be Sold, Not to be

Told, on Aug. 4. Rapper and g-funk producer Dillinger is currently

on

recess from his group, Tha Dogg Pound, and concentrating on his solo

career. He released Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back on Death

Row

Records in March.

Snoop and Daz are close to beginning collaboration on an upcoming

film and

soundtrack called "Three The Hard Way," along with Daz's partner in

Tha

Dogg Pound, Kurupt. They'll begin work on the project as soon as

Snoop

finishes the script.