Suge Knight wants the murder charges against him dropped, his lawyer has said.
The former rap music mogul’s attorney Matt Fletcher argued that the case should be dismissed because one of the men he allegedly ran over earlier this year didn’t identify him in court.
Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Barnes wrote in a brief filed before today’s (May 29) hearing that the witness identified Knight in an earlier interview with police.
Barnes’ filing also states other evidence presented during the hearing supports the murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run charges filed against the Death Row Records founder.
The 50-year-old record producer, full name Marion ‘Suge’ Knight, is charged with running over two men, killing one, outside a Compton burger stand in January.
He has pleaded not guilty, and Fletcher has said his client was fleeing an ambush.
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