C-Murder could be out of jail as early as Wednesday after the Louisiana Supreme Court overturned his second-degree murder conviction and ordered a new trial on Friday.

The rapper (born Corey Miller), brother of Master P, has been facing life in prison without parole in the wake of his 2003 conviction in connection with the killing of 16-year-old Steve Thomas outside the now-shuttered Platinum Club in Harvey, Louisiana, in January 2002.

The high court agreed with the lower court judge, who said the jury should have been told about the criminal backgrounds of witnesses who testified against Miller (who renounced his longtime stage name last year and took the alias C-Miller), according to Miller's attorney, Ron Rakosky. The district attorney's office has not decided whether it would retry Miller, who still faces an attempted-murder charge in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he is accused of shooting a club owner and patron in August 2001.

Source: MTV News

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Posted by Lawren at March 14, 2006 07:32 AM | Trackbacks (0)

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With a name like C-Murder; it was only a matter of time before he began to "act it out". AND someone had to be out of place. What was both HE and a 16 year old doing in the same damn club anyway.

Says: at March 15, 2006 08:37 AM

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Everyone in the place probably has a background that won't stand up in court, so who are u going to use for a witness

Says: "Kim" at March 15, 2006 07:47 PM

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