 In August 2008, a federal court judge overturned her conviction and ordered that she receive a new trial.The judge found that the suicide note from Cassaday (her boyfriend and the one who committed the homicide) should have never been admitted into court and seen by the jurors because Cassaday was dead and could not be cross examined.On July 16, 2009, a federal court judge ordered Sharee Miller's immediate release from prison on bond pending the new trial which was ordered in August 2008.