Nick Reiner’s legal professional, Alan Jackson, removes himself from case : NPR

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Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP LOS ANGELES – Alan Jackson, the high-power legal professional representing Nick Reiner within the stabbing loss of life of his mother and father, producer-actor-director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner, withdrew from the case Wednesday.

Reiner will now be represented by public defender Kimberly Greene.

Sporting a brown jumpsuit, Reiner, 32, did not enter a plea in the course of the transient listening to. A decide has rescheduled his arraignment for Feb. 23.

Following the listening to, protection legal professional Alan Jackson instructed a throng of reporters that Reiner will not be responsible of homicide.

"We have investigated this matter high to backside, again to entrance. What we have realized and you may take this to the financial institution, is that pursuant to the legislation of this state, pursuant to the legislation in California, Nick Reiner will not be responsible of homicide," he mentioned.

Reiner is charged with first-degree homicide, with particular circumstances, within the stabbing deaths of his mother and father – father Rob, 78, and mom Michele, 70.

The Los Angeles coroner dominated that the 2 died from accidents inflicted by a knife.

The fees carry a most sentence of loss of life. LA County District Legal professional Nathan Hochman mentioned he has not determined whether or not to hunt the loss of life penalty.

"We're absolutely assured {that a} jury will convict Nick Reiner past an affordable doubt of the brutal homicide of his mother and father -- Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner … and achieve this unanimously," he mentioned.

Final month, after Reiner's preliminary courtroom look, Jackson mentioned, "There are very, very complicated and critical points which might be related to this case. These have to be totally however very fastidiously handled and examined and checked out and analyzed. We ask that in this course of, you enable the system to maneuver ahead – not with a rush to judgment, not with leaping to conclusions."

The youthful Reiner had an extended historical past of substance abuse and makes an attempt at rehabilitation.

His mother and father had grow to be more and more alarmed about his conduct within the weeks earlier than the killings.

Authorized consultants say there's a chance that Reiner's authorized staff may try to make use of an madness protection.

Protection legal professional Dmitry Gorin, a former LA County prosecutor, mentioned claiming madness or psychological impairment presents a serious problem for any protection staff.

He instructed The Los Angeles Instances, "The burden of proof is on the protection in an madness case, and the jury might even see the protection as an excuse for committing a critical crime."

"The jury units a really excessive bar on the defendant as a result of it understands that it's going to launch him from obligation," Gorin added.

The loss of life of Rob Reiner, who first received fame as a part of the legendary Seventies sitcom All within the Household, taking part in the position of Michael "Meathead" Stivic, was a beloved determine in Hollywood and his loss of life despatched shockwaves by means of the group.

After All within the Household, Reiner achieved much more fame as a director of movies similar to A Few Good Males, Stand By Me, The Princess Bride and When Harry Met Sally. He was nominated for 4 Golden Globe Awards in one of the best director class.

Rob Reiner got here from a present enterprise pedigree. His father, Carl Reiner, was a legendary pioneer in tv who created the long-lasting Sixties comedy, The Dick Van Dyke Present.