Los Angeles ( CNN ) Former rap mogul Marion `` Suge '' Knight pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and all other charges related to a fatal hit-and-run incident in January in Compton , California . His attorney asked the court to further reduce Knight 's bail , now set at $ 10 million , but Los Angeles County Judge Ronald Coen denied the request . The judge lowered Knight 's bail earlier this month , to $ 10 million from $ 25 million , after defense lawyers called the $ 25 million figure excessive for the circumstances . Knight faces one count of murder for the death of Terry Carter , one count of attempted murder in the case of Cle `` Bone '' Sloan , who was maimed in the incident , and one count of hit-and-run . Knight , 49 , faces up to life in prison if convicted . He is accused of running over the two men during an argument . In court testimony earlier this month , Sloan , 51 , 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 during the preliminary hearing , the affiliates reported . The deadly incident occurred about 11 miles south of downtown Los Angeles 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 . At the time , Knight was out on bail in a separate robbery case . The alleged argument spilled over to the parking lot of Tam 's Burgers in Compton . The hit-and-run was captured on videotape , which shows Knight inside a red truck . In the video , the truck pulls into the entrance of the Compton restaurant and is approached by Sloan , who was working security at 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 the second man , Carter , a former rap music label owner . Carter , 55 , later died . Knight 's attorney Matthew Fletcher has argued that Knight was the victim and was only defending himself against Sloan , whom the defense attorney accused of possessing a gun at the time . Fletcher added that Knight 's defense was to stand his ground . 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 is accused of murder in a videotaped hit-and-run . Judge declines to reduce his bail from $ 10 million .