A judge has decreed that Corey Miller - the rapper formerly known as C-Murder - is to remain in prison until his upcoming murder trial. As previously reported, Miller was taken into custody earlier this week after apparently breaking the terms of his house arrest.
Sheriff deputy Mike Dawson testified that he was alerted at 3am on Monday by Miller's electronic monitor that he had left the house, his grandmother's, where he has been confined.
Dawson explained that he called the house at 3.17am and the phone was answered by Miller's fiance, Sabrina Green, who passed the hand set to Miller, and that as he spoke to the rapper, he heard the noise that the monitor would make if Miller re-entered the house.
Miller maintains that he was in bed asleep when Dawson called, and his grandmother, cousin, aunt and fiance all testified that this was the case. His lawyer claims that a malfunction of the monitoring equipment was to blame, as Miller took an earlier warning on the issue far too seriously to risk leaving his home.
As much previously reported, Miller is to go to trial on 20 Apr over the killing of 16 year old Steve Thomas during a brawl at a night club near New Orleans back in 2002. He previously stood trial and was convicted of the murder but has since been granted a re-trial. Since his arrest, he has mostly gone by the name C-Miller.