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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.
