Why is spm in jail

Coy began his career as a Christian rapper, but felt that doing so made him an outcast. He started his musical career in One year later, he, his brother Arthur, and one of their friends founded Dope House Records. Coy debuted as South Park Mexican that same year with the album Hillwood under the same label. Coy professionally debuted in from the album Hillwood.

He gained a big break after his song, High So High ranked at No. In , Coy was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child and sentenced to 45 years incarceration, and till now he has been serving his sentence at the Ramsey Unit in Rosharon, Texas.

He was to be eligible for parole in While incarcerated, he continued to record music. Some sources have claimed that he died in prison. They explained that when the officers came to wake him up in the morning in his cell, he did not wake up and was pronounced dead.

Ima hear his songs all day. On October 3rd, a large group of people marched near downtown Houston in hopes of getting a retrial for SPM. In , Coy was convicted of aggravated sexual assault of a child.

Supports claim Coy was found guilty without any physical evidence and only based on hearsay. He was held without bail but his parole date was set in the year Coy, who was sentenced last Thursday, testified that he did not assault the girl, who was at Coy's home to spend a night with his daughter last Labor Day weekend.

He also told jurors that children in seven other sexual assault cases against him had been swayed by a prosecution request for victims to come forward. Many of them lied on the stand, he said.

Through Dope House, Coy released four albums as South Park Mexican in and , before signing to signing to Universal, where he issued three sets, including 's "Never Change," which debuted at No. Copyright Associated Press. Two more charges followed in March for sexual assault of two year old girls; SPM was held without bail. SPM's trial began on May 8, , when the alleged 9-year old victim's mother testified that the girl left a sleepover because of abuse.

The next day, the girl testified that SPM touched her inappropriately when she was sleeping. On May 18, , a Houston jury convicted Coy of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Coy is eligible for parole in The mother of a girl who said she was sexually assaulted by rap musician Carlos Coy testified Wednesday her daughter left a sleepover because of the alleged abuse.

The mother, who was the first witness to take the stand in Coy's trial, said her thenyear-old daughter had gone to the rapper's house in southeast Houston on Sept. Because the girl was younger than 14, Coy was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, a first-degree felony that could send him to prison for life. His attorney, Chip Lewis , told the jury in an opening statement Wednesday that the prosecution's story has "vast inconsistencies.

Coy, 31, known professionally as South Park Mexican, is also charged with seven other counts of sexual assault of children, four of them aggravated sexual assault.