GRETNA (AP) — The lawyer for rapper C-Murder, who angered authorities byrecording parts of his upcoming music video and compact disc behind bars, hasagreed to take only a pencil into jailhouse meetings.
The rapper, whose real name is Corey Miller, has been inside theJefferson Parish jail for more than three years on a second-degree murdercharge in the killing of a 16-year-old inside a nightclub.
During that time, a music video for his new album’s single showed Millerin an orange prison outfit in jail complaining that he and other poor blacksmust endure racial profiling.
Ron Rakosky, Miller’s attorney, was barred from bringing anything but apencil and pad into jail. Rakosky objected, saying Sheriff Harry Lee was”illegally intruding on the right of counsel” by barring documents related toMiller’s criminal defense.
Under a March 16 agreement, Rakosky can bring legal documents into thejail, but he can only use a pencil. Lee’s attorney said pens were barredbecause they are hollow and can be used to carry song lyrics.
