Robert Durst trial: Judge denies defense s bid for acquittal
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (CNS) - A judge Tuesday rejected the defense s motion seeking the acquittal of Robert Durst after the prosecution rested its case-in-chief in the New York real estate scion s trial on a murder charge stemming from his best friend s shooting death at her home in the Benedict Canyon area of Los Angeles.
Superior Court Judge Mark Windham s ruling outside the jury s presence came one day after he denied the defense s emergency motion for a mistrial in Durst s case – the third such request for a mistrial or an indefinite delay in recent months over concerns about the 78-year-old defendant s health conditions.
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“He’d like to murder me,” Douglas Durst bluntly told jurors in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
Douglas Durst, head of one of New York’s largest commercial real estate firms, said his brother was angry and bitter over an acrimonious inheritance settlement for tens of millions of dollars. He had not seen his brother in 20 years but worries because of threats he has made.
The chairman of the Durst Organization, which owns some of Manhattan’s premier skyscrapers and 2,500 apartments, said he and his brother have fought since childhood.