February 6, 2026
He was given a life sentence for killing 16-year-old Steven Thomas in a Harvey nightclub in 2002.
Corey Miller, recognized to hip-hop followers as C-Homicide, has tried, for a 3rd time, to get his homicide conviction reviewed, and identical to the earlier two instances, the courtroom has denied his request as soon as once more.
In response to WVUE, the Louisiana Supreme Court docket has turned down the No Restrict Information soldier in his quest to have his homicide conviction appealed, as he has been claiming his innocence since being accused in 2002. He was given a life sentence for killing 16-year-old Steven Thomas in a Harvey nightclub. He was charged with second-degree homicide.
He has challenged the conviction a number of instances, however an appellate courtroom and the state Supreme Court docket have twice upheld it, in 2011 and 2012. The 54-year-old has tried as soon as once more after two witnesses recanted their testimony and claims about DNA proof throughout the homicide investigation, which warrants that the conviction ought to be overturned or he ought to be given a brand new courtroom listening to a minimum of.
All seven justices disagreed and voted unanimously on Feb. 3 to maintain the conviction as is.
“Applicant has beforehand exhausted his proper to state collateral overview and fails to point out that any exception permits his successive submitting,” the state’s excessive courtroom wrote in its choice.
Almost three years in the past, actuality TV mainstay Kim Kardashian made an effort to get him a brand new trial. She posted a passionate plea to have the case reheard, based mostly on info she had gathered in August 2023 in help of C-Homicide.
“Corey Miller has spent 21 years in jail for against the law he didn’t commit, and his conviction is predicated solely on the testimony of two males, whom the State dragged to trial simply on materials witness warrants. These males have now sworn that their prior testimony was unfaithful. There isn’t a remaining proof that even means that Corey Miller is any extra culpable than the lots of of patrons who had been on the Platinum Membership on January 12, 2002, when Steve Thomas was tragically shot.”
Though she tried her greatest, the publish didn’t convey him any nearer to vindication or a glance from the courts on the time.
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