Former federal prosecutor Mitchell Epner said that under federal sentencing guidelines, the rapper is likely to get a much lighter sentence then the maximum of 20 years that he faces on the two prostitution charges he was convicted of Wednesday morning.

“The convictions for interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution likely will lead to a sentence that will be measured in months, not years,” Epner said. “The starting point under the US Sentencing Guidelines will be a sentencing range of 15 to 21 months.”

That sentencing range will be argued by lawyers on both sides and so could end up being a different figure than that starting point.

But Combs has already been in jail for nearly 10 months since his Sept. 16 arrest and could potentially already have served most of his time when he’s sentenced — likely in a few months from now.

Epner also said he believes Judge Arun Subramanian might grant Combs’ request to be released on bail.

“I think that the court may grant it, given that Sean Combs has been held in MDC — one of the worst prisons in America — and likely would serve any additional sentence at a low-security prison or possibly even a barracks-style camp,” the lawyer said.