Rapper C-Murder denied chance for retrial in 2002 slaying

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The rapper known as C-Murder failed to have his conviction in a 2002 fatal shooting in a New Orleans area nightclub thrown out or retried.
The New Orleans Advocate reports Judge Steven Enright ruled Wednesday that Corey Miller didn’t meet the burden of proof for post-conviction relief. Miller’s attorneys had asked that his 2009 conviction in Steven Thomas’ death be thrown out.
Miller petitioned the court with sworn affidavits from eyewitnesses Kenneth a