C-Murder Denied Retrial By State Court Of Appeals; New Album March 22
Published: Monday - March 14, 2005
Words by Jay Casteel
C-Murder (Photo: TRU Records)
With his forthcoming album almost upon us, C-Murder got some bad news on Thursday (March 10), when a state appellate court in Louisiana overturned a decision that had granted the incarcerated rapper a new murder trial.
C-Murder, who is the brother of rap mogul Master P, was convicted of second-degree murder for the 2002 shooting death of 16-year-old Steve Thomas at the Platinum Club in Harvey, Louisiana. His conviction in 2003 was overturned by a district judge when he agreed with the defense's charge that prosecutors had not disclosed enough information about the witnesses' criminal records or the special deals brokered with them in exchange for testimony against C-Murder.
What once seemed promising for C-Murder has now been taken away. The Associated Press reports that two judges wrote in their opinion that omitting the testimony of the witnesses, "There was an abundance of other evidence which fully established Miller's guilt."
As it stands now, the rapper may sit in prison for his mandatory life sentence, but according to the AP, his defense attorney may still file another appeal.
Aside from his denied trial, C-Murder will drop another album, The Truest Sh-- I Ever Said on March 22. MTV reports that the record was created by recording his lyrics on a portable device his lawyer brought to their weekly meetings.
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