C-Murder Sentenced To 10 Years, Pleads "No Contest" To Attempted Murder

JinkyRctongs Wed May 27, 2009 3:01 pm

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Rapper Corey "C-Murder" Miller has reportedly pleaded "no contest" to attempted murder charges and will be sentenced to ten years in prison.

The decision was made Wednesday (May 27) afternoon.

Rapper C-Murder has pleaded no contest to two counts of attempted second-degree murder. In the plea agreement, C-Murder, whose real name is Corey Miller, will be sentenced by the judge to 10 years in prison. The formal sentencing will be August 25th. (WAFB News)

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P_LOKO Wed May 27, 2009 10:22 pm

Sentenced to ten years? How long has this dude been in prison already? Didn't he get released then they threw him back in?

JinkyRctongs Wed May 27, 2009 10:32 pm

In September 2003, Miller was convicted for the 2002 beating and fatal shooting of a fan, 16-year-old Steve Thomas, at a Harvey, Louisiana nightclub, however Presiding Judge Martha Sassone granted a new trial based on the claim that prosecutors improperly withheld criminal background information on three of their witnesses.

While awaiting re-trial Miller was placed under house arrest. Sassone allowed Miller to promote his new yet to be titled CD and novel, Death Around the Corner, while under house arrest, but ruled that a gag order pertaining to the case would remain in effect. The terms of the house arrest required Sassone's permission for all visitors, including reporters.

On March 13, 2007, Judge Sassone granted Miller's request to work on his music career on a per request basis, but denied his request for a 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. curfew. His seventh studio album Screamin' 4 Vengeance, was finally released in stores on July 1, 2008.

Sassone's rulings in the case became an issue in her failed 2008 bid for re-election. Sassone was defeated by Judge Ellen Kovach; prosecutors subsequently renewed a request to have Miller returned to jail.

As of January 2009, Corey Miller is confined to his residence on house arrest, and may only leave for a documented medical emergency. His new murder trial was set to begin April 20 , 2009. If convicted, he would face a mandatory life sentence in prison.

On May 27, 2009, Corey Miller pled No-Contest to 2 counts of attempted second degree murder. These charges stem from a 2001 incident in Baton Rouge, LA in which Miller fired shots from a semi-automatic pistol at the owner and bouncer of a night club who refused to allow Miller to enter the business with the gun. Miller was sentenced to ten years with credit for time served. Miller's murder charges and trial in New Orleans is still pending.