Judge refuses to dismiss murder case against Suge Knight

Marion “Suge” Knight’s legal troubles won’t be going away anytime soon.

Knight’s new attorney, Thomas Mesereau – the same man who successfully defended Michael Jackson against child molestation allegations in 2005 – cited Sloan’s failure to point out Knight in court as reason enough to throw out the charges, while he also questioned Sloan’s credibility amid concerns he was continually changing his story.

Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Barnes, however, argued that there was “sufficient” evidence against the Death Row Records co-founder, 50, to move forward with the case.

“There’s unquestionably that is actually “Suge” Knight appeared to be the one who thumped the scarlet vehicle”, the judge said, as Knight taken in the court, wore eating an orange imprisonment dress. He called it an “outrage” that a person would be charged with homicide “in a case like this”.

Marcus disagreed, ruling that Knight should stand trial for murder, saying there was no dispute that Knight was behind the wheel of his pickup when he ran over Cle “Bone” Sloan and another man outside a Compton burger stand in late January.

At the hearing in April, Sloan insisted that he remembered little about the confrontation and said he would not be used as a “snitch” to put the ex- rap mogul behind bars.

Knight is now being held on $10 million bail. He declined to tell reporters what amount he would be asking for instead. But an attorney representing Carter’s family said that the slain man did not attack his friend Knight, and Knight should have just driven off rather than hit Carter and Sloane with his auto.

His lawyers have contended he accidentally ran into the two men while trying to flee what he thought was an ambush attempt, following an argument on the nearby set of a commercial for the film “Straight Outta Compton”.

At the time of his arrest on the murder case, Knight was out on bail in a robbery case, in which he is charged with comedian Micah “Katt” Williams. Knight was also in court on Tuesday for a hearing in an unrelated robbery case, in which another judge set a September 17 date for a preliminary hearing.

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