A Louisiana judge has denied a request by rapper Cory 'C-Murder' Miller to attend the funeral of UGK hip hopper Chad 'Pimp C' Butler which, as previously reported, will take place later today.
As much previously reported, Miller is accused of shooting dead teenager Steve Thomas outside a nightclub in 2002. He was found guilty of the killing and jailed, but the original conviction was overturned after a judge ruled prosecutors were wrong to not reveal the criminal backgrounds of certain witnesses key to their case against Miller.
Since being let out of jail Miller has been under house arrest awaiting retrial - the courts are due to consider the defence's argument that the whole case should be dismissed in the New Year. But in the meantime he needs court permission to travel anywhere.
The courts have previously allowed him to travel to various work commitments because his lawyers have argued he needs to work in order to fund his defence. Given those previous concessions, the court said this week that it was inappropriate to give the rapper permission to travel to the funeral.