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Judge refuses to dismiss murder case against Suge Knight

FILE - In this April 8, 2015 file photo, former rap mogul Marion "Suge'' Knight appears in a Los Angeles court, on charges that he and comedian Micah "Katt" Williams stole a photographer's camera in Beverly Hills, Calif. Knight, the co-founder of Death Row Records, is scheduled to appear in a Los Angeles courtroom on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, for hearings in unrelated murder and robbery cases filed against him. (Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times, Pool, via AP, File) FILE - In this April 8, 2015 file photo, former rap mogul Marion "Suge'' Knight appears in a Los Angeles court, on charges that he and comedian Micah "Katt" Williams stole a photographer's camera in Beverly Hills, Calif. Knight, the co-founder of Death Row Records, is scheduled to appear in a Los Angeles courtroom on Tuesday, July 7, 2015, for hearings in unrelated murder and robbery cases filed against him. (Irfan Khan, Los Angeles Times, Pool, via AP, File)

By Associated Press July 7, 2015 1 min read

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge has refused to dismiss a murder case filed against former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Stephen Marcus rejected a motion by Knight’s attorney to dismiss the case. His attorney wanted the case thrown out because a key witness refused to identify the Death Row Records co-founder as the person who ran him over.

Knight’s attorney Thomas Mesereau also argued that the 50-year-old was fleeing an attack by a key prosecution witness, Cle “Bone” Sloan, and the case should be thrown out.

Marcus disagreed, saying there was no dispute that Knight was behind the wheel of his pickup when he ran over Sloan and another man outside a Compton burger stand in late January.

Knight is currently being held on $10 million bail.