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03-18-2006, 03:35 PM
They should just kill him.
Over a prosecutor's protest that the rapper is a "danger to the community," a state district judge Wednesday set a $500,000 bond for Corey Miller, formerly known as C-Murder while he waits to be retried on a second-degree murder charge.
Jailed since his arrest four years and two months ago, Miller, 35, formerly known as rapper C-Murder, could be released into home incarceration within days as he waits to be retried in the killing of Steve Thomas, 16. Thomas was shot in the heart on Jan. 12, 2002, during a fight at the now-closed Platinum Club in Harvey.
Members of Miller's family who attended Wednesday's hearing before Judge Martha Sassone of the 24th Judicial District Court said they would cover his property bond. "We got all the money put up for him now, thank the Lord," his father, Percy Miller Sr., said after the hearing.
However, even if Corey Miller posts the bond in Jefferson, he still could be held in Baton Rouge, where he is charged with two counts of attempted second-degree murder in an unrelated case. His trial in that case is set for May 30, and his attorneys are expected to ask a Baton Rouge judge to set bail there this week.
"I would hope that all this is sorted out in a couple of days," said Ron Rakosky, Miller's attorney in the Jefferson Parish case.
Miller, who did not attend the hearing, is being held in a state prison in Concordia Parish. He was among defendants who were evacuated from the jail in Gretna days after Hurricane Katrina.
Sassone did not set a trial date but said she was putting Miller's case "on a fast track."
"We're going to move as quickly as possible," Sassone said.
Miller was convicted of second-degree murder in September 2003 for Thomas' killing, a charge that carries a mandatory life sentence. Months later Sassone granted him a new trial because she found that prosecutors withheld from defense attorneys criminal background information on their three key witnesses.
Her ruling set off appeals by attorneys on both sides that culminated Friday when the state Supreme Court ordered that Sassone's ruling should stand. Rakosky filed court papers Monday seeking Miller's release.
George Thomas Sr., the victim's father, emerged from the hearing saying only that his doctor has ordered him to avoid stressful situations because of a heart problem. "I've been a very sick man," Thomas said, declining further comment. He previously has said the prospect of a second trial was "hard to think about."
Jefferson Parish prosecutor Roger Jordan urged Sassone to keep Miller in jail, saying the defendant in the past has threatened another prosecutor and his family and has bragged that he "could reach out and touch anybody" from jail.
"I still think Mr. Miller is an imminent danger to the community," Jordan said. "Witnesses fear this defendant. They were afraid to come to court in the last trial."
In the Baton Rouge case, Miller is accused of trying to shoot a nightclub owner and a security guard on Aug. 14, 2001, after he was told he would have to be searched before entering the club. Shortly after he was charged, he was released from jail on $250,000 bond, but that bond was revoked because Miller was booked in the Thomas case, Baton Rouge prosecutor Jeff Traylor said Wednesday.
Because Miller's bond was revoked, he could be jailed there without bail, the prosecutor said, adding that he will argue against Miller's release.
Even if a Baton Rouge judge grants bail, Miller would face home incarceration here until his trial in the Thomas case. Sassone ordered Miller's visitors to be limited to "very close, immediate family members. No friends, none of that."
Miller's grandmother, Maxine Miller, afterward said he would stay in her home. She is shouldering the majority of Miller's bond burden, putting up the $300,000 in equity she has in her home toward guaranteeing his release, Rakosky said.
Other relatives ensured the $200,000 balance through property, said Percy Miller Sr., who added that his son is innocent and called the criminal justice system "a kangaroo court" for allowing him to be jailed for more than four years.
Miller is the younger brother of rap mogul and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Percy Miller Jr., known as Master P, who Monday was sentenced to 40 hours of community service in Los Angeles after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of carrying a loaded and unregistered weapon.
He and another Miller brother, Vyshonn, known on stage as Silkk the Shocker, were arrest in January 2005 on the weapons charge. Vyshonn Miller pleaded guilty Monday to a felony charge of carrying an unregistered and loaded gun and was sentenced to three years of probation.Source. (http://safeurl.de/?http://www.hiphopgame.com/news.php3?id=1228)
Over a prosecutor's protest that the rapper is a "danger to the community," a state district judge Wednesday set a $500,000 bond for Corey Miller, formerly known as C-Murder while he waits to be retried on a second-degree murder charge.
Jailed since his arrest four years and two months ago, Miller, 35, formerly known as rapper C-Murder, could be released into home incarceration within days as he waits to be retried in the killing of Steve Thomas, 16. Thomas was shot in the heart on Jan. 12, 2002, during a fight at the now-closed Platinum Club in Harvey.
Members of Miller's family who attended Wednesday's hearing before Judge Martha Sassone of the 24th Judicial District Court said they would cover his property bond. "We got all the money put up for him now, thank the Lord," his father, Percy Miller Sr., said after the hearing.
However, even if Corey Miller posts the bond in Jefferson, he still could be held in Baton Rouge, where he is charged with two counts of attempted second-degree murder in an unrelated case. His trial in that case is set for May 30, and his attorneys are expected to ask a Baton Rouge judge to set bail there this week.
"I would hope that all this is sorted out in a couple of days," said Ron Rakosky, Miller's attorney in the Jefferson Parish case.
Miller, who did not attend the hearing, is being held in a state prison in Concordia Parish. He was among defendants who were evacuated from the jail in Gretna days after Hurricane Katrina.
Sassone did not set a trial date but said she was putting Miller's case "on a fast track."
"We're going to move as quickly as possible," Sassone said.
Miller was convicted of second-degree murder in September 2003 for Thomas' killing, a charge that carries a mandatory life sentence. Months later Sassone granted him a new trial because she found that prosecutors withheld from defense attorneys criminal background information on their three key witnesses.
Her ruling set off appeals by attorneys on both sides that culminated Friday when the state Supreme Court ordered that Sassone's ruling should stand. Rakosky filed court papers Monday seeking Miller's release.
George Thomas Sr., the victim's father, emerged from the hearing saying only that his doctor has ordered him to avoid stressful situations because of a heart problem. "I've been a very sick man," Thomas said, declining further comment. He previously has said the prospect of a second trial was "hard to think about."
Jefferson Parish prosecutor Roger Jordan urged Sassone to keep Miller in jail, saying the defendant in the past has threatened another prosecutor and his family and has bragged that he "could reach out and touch anybody" from jail.
"I still think Mr. Miller is an imminent danger to the community," Jordan said. "Witnesses fear this defendant. They were afraid to come to court in the last trial."
In the Baton Rouge case, Miller is accused of trying to shoot a nightclub owner and a security guard on Aug. 14, 2001, after he was told he would have to be searched before entering the club. Shortly after he was charged, he was released from jail on $250,000 bond, but that bond was revoked because Miller was booked in the Thomas case, Baton Rouge prosecutor Jeff Traylor said Wednesday.
Because Miller's bond was revoked, he could be jailed there without bail, the prosecutor said, adding that he will argue against Miller's release.
Even if a Baton Rouge judge grants bail, Miller would face home incarceration here until his trial in the Thomas case. Sassone ordered Miller's visitors to be limited to "very close, immediate family members. No friends, none of that."
Miller's grandmother, Maxine Miller, afterward said he would stay in her home. She is shouldering the majority of Miller's bond burden, putting up the $300,000 in equity she has in her home toward guaranteeing his release, Rakosky said.
Other relatives ensured the $200,000 balance through property, said Percy Miller Sr., who added that his son is innocent and called the criminal justice system "a kangaroo court" for allowing him to be jailed for more than four years.
Miller is the younger brother of rap mogul and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant Percy Miller Jr., known as Master P, who Monday was sentenced to 40 hours of community service in Los Angeles after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge of carrying a loaded and unregistered weapon.
He and another Miller brother, Vyshonn, known on stage as Silkk the Shocker, were arrest in January 2005 on the weapons charge. Vyshonn Miller pleaded guilty Monday to a felony charge of carrying an unregistered and loaded gun and was sentenced to three years of probation.Source. (http://safeurl.de/?http://www.hiphopgame.com/news.php3?id=1228)