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Rapper Corey “C. Miller” Miller, formerly known as C-Murder, was placed on house arrest by a Louisiana state judge after attending a Hurricane Katrina documentary premiere in New Orleans.
Miller was ordered to remain on full home containment until his second trial on a second-degree murder charge.
Miller, 35, is awaiting a retrial in the 2002 shooting of a teenager, 16, outside a Harvey-area nightclub in New Orleans. His original conviction was overturned after a judge ruled that prosecutors had withheld the criminal backgrounds of key state witnesses from the defense.
She ordered him back on full house after seeing his interview at the Aug. 16 premiere of Spike Lee's HBO documentary, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts on New Orlean's based WDSU-TV, claiming he violated the terms of his probation by attending the premiere after his 10 PM curfew.
During a recent hearing, no evidence was presented suggesting Miller had violated the order. Miller testified he was at the premiere to meet with Spike Lee about a project, but had returned home before 10 p.m.
Miller also said he gave more than one interview and did not violate any terms of the gag order in the case.
Sassone said prosecutors could investigate the matter as long as Miller's lawyers were contacted in advance. Sassone apparently planned to give Miller only partial house arrest, but later changed her mind.
"You're on home incarceration to prepare for a defense, not to have a social life," Sassone told Miller.
The judge allowed Miller to attend Sunday church services, but rejected a request to let him exercise in a park.
Source: allhiphop.com
Miller was ordered to remain on full home containment until his second trial on a second-degree murder charge.
Miller, 35, is awaiting a retrial in the 2002 shooting of a teenager, 16, outside a Harvey-area nightclub in New Orleans. His original conviction was overturned after a judge ruled that prosecutors had withheld the criminal backgrounds of key state witnesses from the defense.
She ordered him back on full house after seeing his interview at the Aug. 16 premiere of Spike Lee's HBO documentary, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts on New Orlean's based WDSU-TV, claiming he violated the terms of his probation by attending the premiere after his 10 PM curfew.
During a recent hearing, no evidence was presented suggesting Miller had violated the order. Miller testified he was at the premiere to meet with Spike Lee about a project, but had returned home before 10 p.m.
Miller also said he gave more than one interview and did not violate any terms of the gag order in the case.
Sassone said prosecutors could investigate the matter as long as Miller's lawyers were contacted in advance. Sassone apparently planned to give Miller only partial house arrest, but later changed her mind.
"You're on home incarceration to prepare for a defense, not to have a social life," Sassone told Miller.
The judge allowed Miller to attend Sunday church services, but rejected a request to let him exercise in a park.
Source: allhiphop.com