Nick Reiner pleads not responsible to homicide within the killing of his mother and father

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Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of Hollywood luminary Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner, pleaded not responsible Monday to 2 counts of first-degree homicide greater than two months after their deaths, denying for the first time that he fatally stabbed his mother and father.

Nick Reiner's new lawyer, Kimberly Greene, entered the plea on his behalf as he stood behind glass in a custody space of a packed Los Angeles courtroom.

The third of Rob Reiner's 4 kids, Nick Reiner has been held with out bail since his arrest hours after the actor-director and his spouse of 36 years have been discovered useless on Dec. 14 at their house within the upscale Brentwood part of Los Angeles.

Reiner appeared in court docket in an enclosed custody space, with a shaved head and lightweight facial hair, and carrying brown jail garments. He talked to his lawyer briefly via the glass earlier than the choose started the transient listening to. At one level, a low door within the enclosure was opened and so they crouched down and spoke nose to nose. Through the listening to, he spoke solely to reply sure when the choose requested if he waived his proper for subsequent steps of the case to proceed speedily.

Reiner was not carrying the suicide prevention smock he wore in his preliminary court docket look in December. It was the third time he had been set to enter a plea, however points surrounding the high-stakes, carefully watched case, together with a shocking change in defence legal professionals, saved it from occurring till Monday.

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The case will now be dealt with by longtime Los Angeles Superior Court docket Choose Sam Ohta. He has had many distinguished homicide, manslaughter and public corruption instances in his courtroom in recent times, however none have drawn the nationwide media consideration this case has.

District legal professional Nathan Hochman mentioned exterior court docket that his workplace nonetheless hasn't determined whether or not it should search the demise penalty for Reiner. Hochman mentioned the demise penalty determination "goes via a really rigorous course of. We might be taking a look at all aggravating and mitigating circumstances."

Reiner's not responsible plea is widespread for felony defendants at this stage of the case, no matter their longer-term plan may be. His look Monday got here after two earlier court docket hearings that introduced some drama however little sensible progress within the case.

Reiner's earlier legal professional, the high-profile non-public lawyer Alan Jackson, needed to give up the case at a earlier listening to in January due to what he referred to as circumstances past his and his shopper's management.

He mentioned authorized ethics wouldn't enable him to say why, however in parting, he adamantly declared exterior the courthouse that "pursuant to the legal guidelines of California, Nick Reiner shouldn't be responsible of homicide," a stance made official by Reiner's plea Monday.

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Jackson didn't elaborate, however he mentioned the conclusion got here after weeks of intensive investigation earlier than his staff needed to hand the case off. He mentioned he wished to push again towards false reporting on the case.

It is not clear who employed Jackson to signify Reiner or who was paying the invoice. Typically, defendants use public defenders once they cannot afford a non-public lawyer.

Deputy district legal professional Habib Balian mentioned his workplace continues to be awaiting a full post-mortem report within the case, however all different proof has been turned over to the defence.

Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, died from "a number of sharp pressure accidents," the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner mentioned in preliminary findings. Authorities mentioned they have been killed hours earlier than the our bodies have been found. A court docket order has prevented the discharge of extra particulars. Authorities have mentioned nothing about doable motives.

Rob Reiner was a prolific director whose work included among the most memorable and endlessly watchable motion pictures of the Eighties and '90s. His credit included That is Spinal Faucet, Stand By Me, A Few Good Males and When Harry Met Sally..., throughout whose manufacturing he met photographer Michele Singer. They wed quickly after and have been married for 36 years.