Suge Knight comes to court in wheelchair and chains for robbery case

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Hit head on chair when he fell at previous bail hearing in Los Angeles
Knight, a diabetic with blood clot, said he hadn't received any medication
Lawyer said chains and wheelchair were a 'ploy' to 'humiliate' his client
Cle 'Bone' Sloan was hurt and Terry Carter died in the alleged hit-and-run
Knight, 49, charged with murder and attempted murder for January incident

By Evan Bleier For Dailymail.com and Associated Press

Published: 11:59 EST, 8 April 2015 | Updated: 16:53 EST, 8 April 2015

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Marion 'Suge' Knight was chained down to a chair and wheeled into a California courtroom on Wednesday after he fell at a previous hearing while addressing murder charges levied against him.

During his appearance in the Los Angeles courtroom, the Death Row Records co-founder complained to Judge Ronald Coen and said he could walk.

Knight, a 49-year-old diabetic with a blood clot, fell and hit his head at a previous bail hearing.

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Marion 'Suge' Knight was chained down to a chair and wheeled into a California courtroom on Wednesday

Death Row Records co-founder fell at a previous hearing while addressing murder charges levied against him

Knight, a 49-year-old diabetic with a blood clot, told the judge walking was not a problem despite the earlier fall

Rap mogul Suge Knight enters court strapped to wheelchair

His lawyer, Matt Fletcher, said authorities put Knight in the chair and chained him down as part of a 'ploy' to 'humiliate' his client, according to TMZ.

Knight told the judge: 'I'm being chained to some type of chair and their pushing me.

'It's making the situation even worse[er].

'I walked perfectly fine from the county jail, to the bus, to the bus to here'.

The judge told Knight if he could walk, that was fine and the chair will not be used again.

Judge Coen is giving the former rap music mogul time to hire an attorney in a robbery case filed against him last year.

A celebrity photographer accused Knight and comedian Katt Williams of taking her camera.

The judge pressed Knight about whether he wanted a new attorney in the robbery case.

His previous attorney, David Kenner, said in a filing he no longer wanted to represent Knight.

Knight said he wanted to fire Kenner and has until May 27 to hire a new attorney.

In this March 2015 file photo, Knight collapsed in court during a bail hearing about his hit-and-run case

Knight's lawyer Matt Fletcher said the chains and the wheelchair were part of a 'ploy' to 'humiliate' his client

The deadly hit-and-run murder Knight is accused of is a separate case,

Cle 'Bone' Sloan was hurt and Terry Carter died in the alleged hit-and-run in January.

Knight has pleaded innocent and his lawyers have denied he intentionally tried to kill Carter and Sloan.

Fletcher also says Knight is blind in his left eye and may not have seen clearly during the incident.

Knight has previous convictions for assault with a deadly weapon and could face 25 years to life in prison under California's so-called three-strikes law if he is convicted at trial.

His bail was set at $25million at the previous hearing.

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