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Judge refuses to lower Suge Knight’s bail in murder case, finding no changed circumstances

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FILE - In this Tuesday, July 7, 2015 photo, Marion Hugh "Suge" Knight, left, sits with his attorney Thomas Mesereau, in Los Angeles Superior Court, during a hearing in a murder case filed against the Death Row Records co-founder. The former rap music mogul Knight returns to court on Friday, July 17, to ask that a judge reduce his bail on murder and attempted murder charges from 0 million. (Patrick T. Fallon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A Los Angeles judge has refused to lower bail for former rap music mogul Marion “Suge” Knight from $10 million in a murder case.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ronald Coen said Friday there was no change in circumstances that would warrant reducing Knight’s bail. The Death Row Records co-founder has pleaded not guilty to murder and attempted murder charges filed after he ran over two men with his pickup truck outside a Compton burger stand in January.

His attorney has said Knight was ambushed and trying to escape.

The judge reviewed a video Knight’s lawyers submitted of the incident but said it provided no new details.

Coen also rejected a request by Knight’s attorneys to have him evaluated by a private doctor.

Knight is scheduled to return to court in the case Sept. 17.

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