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Rapper’s gag order eased by judge

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From the Associated Press

A rapper under house arrest can promote his new CD and novel but cannot talk about the second-degree murder charge against him, a Louisiana judge has ruled.

Corey Miller, 35, has been ordered to stay at his grandmother’s Kenner, La., home until his new trial in the Jan. 12, 2002, death of a 16-year-old boy who was shot in the chest during a brawl at a now-closed club in Harvey. No trial date has been set.

Judge Martha Sassone said, “As it pertains to his livelihood, [Miller] can speak to whomever he likes on the phone insofar as it doesn’t relate to this case.”

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Miller’s attorneys had argued that Sassone’s gag order about the case conflicted with his constitutional right to free speech and expression.

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