AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - Nick Reiner claims trust fund holdup strips his right to pick his own defense lawyer
Nick Reiner's attorneys argue in new probate court filings that administrators of his childhood trust fund are violating his constitutional right to counsel by withholding $558,000 he says was owed to him three years ago. Reiner, who has pleaded not guilty to a grand jury indictment charging him with killing his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner […] The post Nick Reiner claims trust fund holdup strips his right to pick his own defense lawyer appeared first on American Almanac .
Nick Reiner's attorneys argue in new probate court filings that administrators of his childhood trust fund are violating his constitutional right to counsel by withholding $558,000 he says was owed to him three years ago. Reiner, who has pleaded not guilty to a grand jury indictment charging him with killing his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner, inside the family's Brentwood home last December, is now fighting on two legal fronts, one in criminal court, the other in Los Angeles probate court, where the money sits just out of reach. His probate attorney, Anita Wu, filed a new brief on September 17 invoking a 2016 U.S. Supreme Court opinion that held a criminal defendant has the right to be represented by an attorney "whom…Open
