C-Murder Aims For New Murder Trial

C-Murder recently requested a new trial with the Louisiana Supreme Court.

C-Murder (born Corey Miller) had his second-degree murder conviction reinstated last year. The New Orleans rapper was convicted of killing 16-year-old Steve Thomas back in 2003.

Recently, his defense lawyers, Robert Glass and Ron Rakosky, are filing for the Supreme Court to overturn the Fifth Circuit of Appeal's ruling. If the decision sticks, C-Murder will face a mandatory life sentence in prison.

Should the Supreme Court stick to the Fifth Circuit verdict, C-Murder's legal team will be able to appeal the conviction. He was denied a new trial in March of last year.

In April 2004, State District Judge Martha Sassone ordered a new trial stating that prosecutors were keeping information that some key witnesses had criminal records. However, two out of three judges in Gretna, Louisiana's Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal panel disagreed. Judges Sol Gothard and Clarence McManus wrote that the key witnesses' testimony wouldn't be relevant because "there was an abundance of other evidence which fully established Miller's guilt."

On the other hand, Judge Thomas Daley said the appeals court makes decisions based on the judgment of the trial judge.

Source: www.SOHH.com