Rapper C-Murder's conviction, sentence upheld

•                                                                                                     This Aug. 16 file photo shows Rapper Corey Miller, who once went by the stage …

 A Louisiana appeals court has upheld the murder conviction and life sentence for the rapper known as C-Murder.

C-Murder,( real name is Corey Miller,) was convicted of shooting a teenager to death in 2002.

A three-judge panel from the state's 5th Circuit Court of Appeal on Wednesday rejected Miller's argument that he didn't get a fair trial.

In 2009, a jury convicted him of second-degree murder for shooting  a 16-year-old,  during a confrontation at a nightclub.

Miller claims the judge who presided over his trial allowed jurors to hear prejudicial and unsubstantiated testimony that he threatened witnesses to the shooting. He also accused prosecutors of systematically eliminating black people from the jury.

But the 5th Circuit rejected those arguments.  C-Murder is the younger brother of rapper Master P whose real name is Percy Miller.