Suge Knight is trying to get his murder case dismissed
Marion "Suge" Knight's lawyer filed a motion Friday to throw out the former rap music mogul's charges for murder, attempted murder, and hit-and-run, the Associated Press reports.
Knight, 50, allegedly ran over two men, killing one, outside a Compton, California, burger stand in January. Defense attorney Matt Fletcher argued the case should be thrown out because the injured man's testimony does not specifically name Marion Knight.
"There is nowhere in the entire transcript that Mr. Sloan even identifies Marion Knight as a driver of the red truck in question; the red truck that hit the victims," Fletcher wrote in the motion.
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The prosecutor's response contended her client, Cle "Bone" Sloan, has clearly identified the driver as "Suge," AP reports.
Knight is also due in court for a separate robbery case but told deputies he was too sick to come in. The judge has said he would forcibly bring Knight to court Friday if necessary. Knight's murder trial is scheduled for July 7.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
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