In the defense s motion, Durst s attorneys say a criminal trial is “mentally, physically and emotionally draining.”
“It is grueling for a healthy individual, let alone a 78-year-old man with serious health conditions, including bladder cancer, prior esophageal cancer, malnutrition, coronary artery disease with drug eluting stents, atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease,” attorneys Dick DeGuerin, David Z. Chesnoff, Chip B. Lewis and Donald M. Re wrote in the filing. “Here, if Mr. Durst is forced to undergo the rigors of trial (and trial preparation), he faces serious risks to his health, and possibly to his life.”
The defense attorneys – who have repeatedly asked for a mistrial – wrote in the motion that Durst is incarcerated with “extremely limited medical care” and that medical records show that his condition has worsened.
In the defense s motion, Durst s attorneys say a criminal trial is “mentally, physically and emotionally draining.”
“It is grueling for a healthy individual, let alone a 78-year-old man with serious health conditions, including bladder cancer, prior esophageal cancer, malnutrition, coronary artery disease with drug eluting stents, atrial fibrillation and chronic kidney disease,” attorneys Dick DeGuerin, David Z. Chesnoff, Chip B. Lewis and Donald M. Re wrote in the filing. “Here, if Mr. Durst is forced to undergo the rigors of trial (and trial preparation), he faces serious risks to his health, and possibly to his life.”
The defense attorneys – who have repeatedly asked for a mistrial – wrote in the motion that Durst is incarcerated with “extremely limited medical care” and that medical records show that his condition has worsened.
By City News Service
May 14, 2021
INGLEWOOD (CNS) - Attorneys for Robert Durst filed an emergency motion today asking a judge to postpone his murder trial indefinitely and release him on a “high bail amount,” citing the 78-year-old real estate scion s “serious health conditions.”
The court papers were filed less than a week before jurors in Durst s trial are set to return to court Monday following a delay of more than a year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Jurors heard opening statements and two days of testimony about the December 2000 shooting death of Durst s longtime friend, Susan Berman at her home in the Benedict Canyon area of Los Angeles, before the case was put on hold in mid-March of last year due to concerns about COVID-19. The pandemic forced court officials to close the county s courthouses to all but time-sensitive, essential matters.
By City News Service
May 14, 2021
INGLEWOOD (CNS) - Attorneys for Robert Durst filed an emergency motion today asking a judge to postpone his murder trial indefinitely and release him on a “high bail amount,” citing the 78-year-old real estate scion s “serious health conditions.”
The court papers were filed less than a week before jurors in Durst s trial are set to return to court Monday following a delay of more than a year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Jurors heard opening statements and two days of testimony about the December 2000 shooting death of Durst s longtime friend, Susan Berman at her home in the Benedict Canyon area of Los Angeles, before the case was put on hold in mid-March of last year due to concerns about COVID-19. The pandemic forced court officials to close the county s courthouses to all but time-sensitive, essential matters.
Canyon News
BEVERLY HILLS On Monday, April 26 around 4:20 p.m. two female students were robbed outside Beverly Hills High School. This transpired right outside the High school at the intersection of Lasky and Moreno Drive. The police arrested 20-year-old Chakyra Sanford on Thursday, April 29 in Compton according to the Beverly Hills police department. A gold necklace was reported as stolen from a student and a cellphone was attempted to be stolen from another. No weapons have been reported to be used within this robbery.
The other suspect who was with Sanford is still on the run. The police arrived at the scene two minutes after the crime transpired according to the Beverly Hills Police Department. They were able to track the vehicle, and after obtaining a search warrant they searched Sanford’s car and residence where they found the necklace.