C-Murder Loses Latest Appeal Attempt; Could Face A Life Sentence
Published: Tuesday - March 29, 2005
Words by Jay Casteel
C-Murder (Photo: Koch)
After seeing a new trial denied early this month, C-Murder was once again denied on Tuesday (March 29) by a state appellate court in Louisiana to have his 2003 murder conviction overturned, according to the Associated Press.
This new ruling is the latest blow in C-Murder's (real name: Corey Miller) murder case, and could leave the rapper facing a life sentence.
Earlier this month, a 2004 decision by State District Judge Martha Sassone, granting the rapper a new trial -- on the grounds that prosecutors hadn't fully disclosed information concerning the criminal pasts of several of their key witnesses -- was overturned by the state's Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal (see "C-Murder Denied Retrial By State Court Of Appeals; New Album March 22"). Two of three justices ruled in favor of the prosecution -- who had appealed Sassone's ruling -- finding that, even without those witnesses' testimony, "there was an abundance of other evidence which fully established [C-Murder's] guilt."
With things looking grim, Miller's attorneys will file yet another appeal with the state's Supreme Court.
C-Murder was convicted in September of 2003 for the death of 16-year-old Steve Thomas, who was shot at the Platinum nightclub in Harvey, Louisiana.
Despite his legal woes, C-Murder managed to release another album, titled The Truest Sh-- I Ever Said, which includes the single "Ya'll Heard Of Me" featuring clips of the rapper while in prison.
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