C-Murder
Rapper Corey Miller has been thrown a lifeline as he prepares for a retrial in his second degree murder case - a jailed pal of the star has confessed he was the one who shot and killed a teen in the 2002 incident.
Miller, formerly known as C-Murder, was hit with the charges following the death of 16-year-old Steve Thomas during a brawl at a New Orleans, Louisiana nightclub seven years ago.
He was convicted in 2003 and handed a life sentence, but it was overturned in 2006 after he had spent three years in a Louisiana prison. A new trial was granted based on claims prosecutors improperly withheld criminal background information on three of their witnesses.
Miller is weeks away from the start of his new trial, but proceedings have been complicated after Juan Flowers, who is serving time behind bars in Georgia for a separate incident, told officers he fired the fatal shot that struck Thomas - not Miller.
Prosecutors argue Flowers' apparent confession contradicts testimony given by Miller's friend Dwayne 'Wango' Cobbins, who was present during the shooting. Cobbins alleged he saw Miller carry a small gun into the club, although he admitted he did not witness the shooting itself.
A Louisiana court judge is currently reviewing the new information to decide whether Flowers should be transferred from his prison in Georgia to testify in Miller's retrial, which is due to begin next month.
If the judge rules in Miller's favour, he could escape having to serve a 10-year sentence in prison as per the terms of a plea deal he signed in May.