Ex-Bama player Miles has murder trial date set

• Michael RothsteinJul 11, 2025, 12:21 PM ET Close Michael Rothstein, based in Atlanta, is a press reporter on ESPN’s investigative and business group. You can follow him by means of Twitter @MikeRothstein.

Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles is arranged to stand trial for capital murder beginning Dec. 1 in Alabama Circuit Court, more than two years after he was arrested in connection with the deadly shooting of Jamea Harris in Tuscaloosa.Miles, 23, was implicated of”assisting and abetting “co-defendant Michael Davis, who was condemned of capital murder. Davis was sentenced to life in jail without the possibility of parole and is in the process of appealing the decision.< img height ="320"width=

“570”src= “https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/45717514/”/ > Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles’ capital murder charge begins Dec. 1 in Alabama Circuit Court, more than 2 years after he was arrested in connection with the deadly shooting of Jamea Harris in Tuscaloosa. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File

Davis was found guilty of firing into Harris’ Jeep during a shootout with Harris’ sweetheart, Cedric Johnson. A bullet struck and killed Harris while she sat in the front guest seat. In Alabama, shooting and killing someone while they are in a vehicle leads to a capital murder charge.Prosecutors say that

Miles supplied Davis, who was his childhood friend, with the gun. In Davis’ trial, defense lawyer argued that Davis was securing himself from Johnson when he fired the gun.The state formerly had actually taken the death sentence off the table for Miles. He has actually been held without bond in Tuscaloosa County Prison since his arrest on Jan. 15, 2023– the day he was eliminated from the Alabama basketball team.Miles played 53 games for Alabama with 2 starts, averaging 4.2 points per game.Editor’s Picks 1 Associated Charlotte Hornets forward Brandon Miller, a former Alabama standout, was amongst those who affirmed in Davis’trial. Miller and Miles had actually texted in the half-hour leading up to the shooting, and Miller had actually driven his car to a bar in Tuscaloosa, where he was going to pick up Miles. Miller testified he was not mindful Miles had put his gun in Miller’s cars and truck up until he showed up. Miller has actually not been implicated of misbehavior or charged with any criminal activity and has actually cooperated with the investigation.It’s not yet understood whether Miller or any other current or previous members of the Alabama guys’s basketball program will be contacted us to affirm in Miles ‘trial. In the Davis trial, the

state called Miller and now-Arizona point guard Jaden Bradley, who had actually belonged to the Crimson Tide in 2023. The state likewise listed ex-Alabama team manager Cooper Lee– who remained in the guest seat of Miller’s automobile– and previous Crimson Tide basketball player Nick Pringle as possible witnesses in the Davis trial, however neither was contacted us to testify.Miller and Bradley testified in Davis ‘trial that Davis had actually been around the Alabama basketball team typically, mostly with Miles, although he had no main association with the program.