Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles has capital murder trial set for Dec. 1

Former Alabama basketball player Darius Miles will stand trial for capital murder charges with proceedings to begin the week of Dec. 1. The date was set by Tuscaloosa judge Daniel F. Pruet and takes place two years after Miles was arrested in connection with the shooting death of Jamea Harris.

Miles has been held without bail in Tuscaloosa County Jail since he was arrested on Jan. 15, 2023. He was removed from the Alabama basketball team on that same date.

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Then 21 years old, Miles was one of two suspects charged in Harris' death. He was arrested along with childhood friend Michael Lynn Davis. Davis pulled the trigger of a handgun Miles gave to him, according to police investigators. The gun was fired into a Jeep owned by Harris, who was sitting in the passenger seat and killed.

Davis was convicted of capital murder in May 2025 and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. If Miles is convicted, he faces the same sentence. Miles was accused of "aiding and abetting" Davis. In Alabama, being in a vehicle when someone is shot and killed results in a capital murder charge.

Current Charlotte Hornets player Brandon Miller, a teammate of Miles, testified in Davis' trial. He and Miles exchanged text messages in the half-hour leading up to the shooting. Miller drove to a Tuscaloosa bar to pick up Miles, but said in testimony that he did not know Miles had put the gun in Miller's car. Miller was not charged with any crime nor accused of any wrongdoing in the shooting investigation.

Whether Miller or anyone else from the 2022-23 Alabama basketball team will be called to testify in Miles' trial is not yet known. Jaden Bradley, currently a point guard at Arizona, testified in Davis' trial along with Miller. The two testified that Davis often spent time with the Crimson Tide program, especially with Miles, but had no official connection to the team.

Miles played three seasons at Alabama from 2020-23, averaging 4.2 points and 2.3 rebounds in 53 games.