The retrial of Corey Miller, aka C-Murder, has been moved to January next year, following those previously reported claims made by a friend of the rapper, Juan Flowers, that it was actually him who killed 16 year old Steve Thomas in 2002. Miller's new trial had been due to begin next month.
Flowers is currently serving a life sentence for another murder but has always previously claimed that he and Miller were not present when Thomas was killed. Lawyers building a case against Miller now fear that Flowers' sudden confession may be the result of witness tampering. The lawyers had requested to be allowed access to records of all Flowers' phonecalls and visitations since 8 May, but this was rejected by Judge Hans Liljeberg on Tuesday.
As previously reported, Miller's original conviction for the murder of Thomas was overturned when dodgy dealings on the prosecution's part were revealed. A retrial was ordered. Flowers claims that he wanted to confess to the murder during the original trial but was told not to by Miller's lawyer Ron Rakosky, which seems like an odd thing to do. Especially given it was Rakosky who filed the new court documents three weeks ago announcing that Flowers had now confessed under oath.