Suge Knight returns to court to try to dismiss murder case
By Associated Press
May 29, 2015 1:13 AM CDT
FILE - In this March 9, 2015 file photo, attorney Matthew Fletcher, left, talks with his client Marion "Suge" Knight upon his arrival in court for a hearing about evidence in his murder case, in Los Angeles. Knight is scheduled to appear in a Los Angeles courtroom on Friday, May 29, 2015, where his...   (Associated Press)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A lawyer for Marion "Suge" Knight argues that a murder case against the former rap music mogul should be dismissed.

Attorney Matt Fletcher contends in a motion filed that charges should be dismissed because a key witness refused to identify the Death Row Records co-founder during a preliminary hearing last month.

Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Barnes wrote in a brief filed before Friday's 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 Knight.

The 50-year-old 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.