article_snippet.sent: The survivor is Cle Sloan, 51, who in testimony this week declined to identify Knight as Knight attacker because Sloan doesn't want to be a "snitch" who sends Knight to prison, according to CNN affiliates KABC and KTLA.
article_snippet.sent: Prosecutors offered Sloan immunity, but Sloan still refused to testify against Knight on Monday, CNN affiliates KABC and KTLA reported.
article_snippet.sent: In closing arguments prior to the judge's ruling, Knight's attorney Matthew Fletcher argued that Knight was the victim.
article_snippet.sent: Knight was only defending Knight against Sloan, whom Knight's attorney Matthew Fletcher accused of possessing a gun at the time.
article_snippet.sent: Sloan is the initial and consistent aggressor," Knight's attorney argued.
article_snippet.sent: "Even without a gun, we know Sloan was brave enough to attack in broad daylight," Knight's attorney Matthew Fletcher said.
article_snippet.sent: Fletcher added that Knight's defense was to stand Knight ground.
article_snippet.sent: Sloan "needed immunity because Sloan was the actual aggressor," Fletcher said.
article_snippet.sent: Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Barnes argued, however, told the judge that Knight was engaged in "mutual combat situation" where Knight used Knight car as deadly weapon.
article_snippet.sent: If Knight "ever had the right of self-defense, the moment Knight backed-up