Former rap mogul Marion "Suge" Knight pleaded not guilty Thursday over a hit-and-run incident earlier this year that left one man dead and another seriously injured in Los Angeles.
Knight denied charges of murder, attempted murder and hit-and-run over the death of Terry Carter, 55, and wounding of Cle "Bone" Sloan, 51, in a parking lot in Compton in January.
Knight's trial is scheduled for July 7. Los Angeles Superior Court judge Ronald Coen again refused a request by his lawyer Matthew Fletcher to lower his $10 million bail. A pre-trial hearing has been set for May 29.
Lawyers for Knight have argued he acted in self-defense after being attacked by Sloan and others in broad daylight.
Sloan, expected to be a key witness in the case, told the court earlier this month that he was only giving evidence because he had been subpoenaed to do so, insisting he was not "a snitch."
He repeatedly said he could not remember key details from the exchange which left him wounded and Carter dead, and also said he was struggling to identify Knight as the man responsible for the incident.
Knight, who has fallen ill and required hospitalization at previous court hearings in the case, co-founded Death Row Records along with hip-hop music king Dr. Dre in the early 1990s.
The label launched stars such as Snoop Dogg and Tupac Shakur but collapsed in 1996 when Knight was jailed for violating a probation order by beating up a rival in Las Vegas.
He again served a 10-month jail stint in 2003 after getting into a fight outside a Hollywood nightclub. Last year, he was shot six times at a music awards party.
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