Per Rolling Stone, a Los Angeles County judge rejected his bid as untimely and “not sincere" earlier this week.

The petitioner was not as isolated or as helpless to act as he wishes this court to believe,” the judge wrote in new order. Knight's lawyer called the decision "unconscionable"

Suge Knight‘s attempt to get his 28-year prison sentence for manslaughter overturned has reportedly been shot down by a Los Angeles judge. Judge Rejects Suge Knight’s Bid to Overturn Sentence After the former Death Row Records cofounder filed an appeal of his sentence in 2023,

A Los Angeles judge has rejected Suge Knight’s bid to overturn his 28-year sentence, calling it untimely and lacking merit. Knight, currently imprisoned in San Diego, claimed his 2018 plea deal in a 2015 hit-and-run manslaughter case was coerced and his sentence “illegally imposed” The judge "summarily denied" his petiton,