Los Angeles ( CNN ) Former rap mogul Marion `` Suge '' Knight was ordered Thursday to stand trial for murder and other charges stemming from a deadly hit-and-run confrontation on the movie set of the biopic `` Straight Outta Compton '' earlier this year . In addition to that ruling , Judge Ronald Coen also lowered Knight 's bail to $ 10 million from $ 25 million , a figure that defense lawyers called excessive . The judge also dismissed one of the two counts of hit-and-run against Knight . In all , Knight will stand trial on one count of murder , one count of attempted murder and one count of hit-and-run , the judge ruled after holding a two-day preliminary hearing this week that ended Thursday . Knight , 49 , faces up to life in prison if convicted . Knight suffers diabetes and blot clots , and the case has clearly strained him : He collapsed in court last month after learning of the $ 25 million bail and he was taken to the hospital for treatment . Knight was in court Thursday . At the end of hearing , he turned around and looked at his family in the gallery , and he smiled to his fiancee as deputies led him handcuffed out of the courtroom . In a press conference after the hearing , fiancee Toi Kelly said regarding Knight 's health that he is `` doing much better . '' The judge dismissed the other hit-and-run count because California law says no more than one charge of hit-and-run should be brought against a defendant when the same weapon , in this case the vehicle Knight was driving , is used against several people . Knight is accused of running over two men , killing one of them , during an argument . Killed was Terry Carter , 55 . The survivor is Cle Sloan , 51 , who in testimony this week declined to identify Knight as his attacker because Sloan does n't want to be a `` snitch '' who sends Knight to prison , according to CNN affiliates KABC and KTLA . Prosecutors offered Sloan immunity , but he still refused to testify against Knight on Monday , the affiliates reported . The deadly incident happened on January 29 , after a flare-up on the set of the biopic `` Straight Outta Compton , '' a film about the highly influential and controversial rap group N.W.A . The alleged argument spilled over to the parking lot of Tam 's Burgers in Compton . At the time , Knight was out on bail in a separate robbery case . The hit-and-run was captured on videotape and allegedly shows Knight inside a red truck . In the video , the truck pulls into the entrance of the Compton restaurant , and he is then approached by Sloan , who was working security on the site . The two men appear to talk for a few moments , with Knight still in his vehicle . Suddenly , the vehicle backs up , knocking Sloan to the ground . While still in reverse , the truck moves out of range of the security camera . The vehicle is then seen zooming forward , back into camera range , running over Sloan a second time , and then running over a second man , Carter , a former rap music label owner . Carter later died . In closing arguments prior to the judge 's ruling , Knight 's attorney Matthew Fletcher argued that Knight was the victim . Knight was only defending himself against Sloan , whom the defense attorney accused of possessing a gun at the time . `` Mr. Sloan is the initial and consistent aggressor , '' Knight 's attorney argued . `` There 's no intent to kill , there 's an intent to survive . '' `` Even without a gun , we know Mr. Sloan was brave enough to attack in broad daylight , '' the defense attorney said . Fletcher added that Knight 's defense was to stand his ground . Sloan `` needed immunity because he was the actual aggressor , '' Fletcher said . `` He is the person who got Terry ( Carter ) killed . '' Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Cynthia Barnes argued , however , told the judge that Knight was engaged in `` mutual combat situation '' where he used his car as deadly weapon . If Knight `` ever had the right of self-defense , the moment he backed-up and Mr. Sloan was ran-over , he lost the right of self-defense , '' Barnes said . `` There was pre-mediation and intent when he ( Knight ) ran over him a second time . '' Knight is scheduled to be arraigned on April 30 . The incident is the latest run-in with the law for Knight , who founded the wildly successful Death Row Records in 1991 and signed artists such as Snoop Doggy Dogg ( now known as Snoop Lion ) and Tupac Shakur . Knight was driving the car in which Shakur was a passenger when the rapper was shot to death in Las Vegas in 1996 . Shortly afterward , Knight spent several years in prison for violating parole on assault and weapons convictions . That prison time -- along with Shakur 's death , feuds between Knight and a number of rappers , and desertions by Dr. Dre , Snoop and others -- contributed to the label 's bankruptcy in 2006 . In August , Knight and two other people were shot while inside a celebrity-filled Sunset Strip party hosted by singer Chris Brown on the eve of the MTV Video Music Awards .
Former rap mogul Marion `` Suge '' Knight will be tried for murder in a videotaped hit-and-run . His bail is reduced to $ 10 million from $ 25 million . A judge dismisses four of one charges against Knight .