Lewin right after his arrest in 2015, in hundreds of jailhouse phone calls and in more than 20 hours of interviews with the producers of the documentary “The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst.”
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Durst make a series of acknowledgments in a nearly three-hour interview with Mr. But the most damaging evidence came, as a deputy Los Angeles County district attorney, John Lewin, said in his opening statements, right out of Mr. Ultimately, the prosecution called 80 witnesses and introduced nearly 300 exhibits. He is the victim of ambitious prosecutors and deceptive filmmakers, the defense said.
Durst as a hapless, socially awkward man who “doesn’t make good decisions,” and ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time and ran, twice. They said they intended to pursue appeals. Durst, said they were disappointed in it. Durst was not present in the courtroom when the jury returned its verdict he was in isolation, officials said, after an exposure to someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.Īfter the verdict was announced, David Chesnoff and Dick DeGuerin, defense lawyers for Mr. Everyone, including the judge and witnesses, wore masks as precautions against Covid-19. When it resumed in May, the jurors were spread across the gallery while the prosecutors sat in the jury box. It began in March 2020 but adjourned days later for 14 months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Durst had been “lying in wait” for her and that he had been “killing a witness” because he feared she would reveal what she knew about the disappearance of his wife. The jury also found that special circumstances had been proven in connection to the death of Ms. A judge is scheduled to sentence him in October.
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Durst, a frail 78-year-old millionaire who sat through the trial in a wheelchair, was convicted of first-degree murder and faces a life sentence with no option for parole. Durst’s first wife, Kathie, in 1982 and concluded with his conviction for the killing two decades ago of Susan Berman, a friend who prosecutors said helped him cover up his wife’s disappearance and death. It began in the wealthy precincts of New York with the mysterious disappearance of Mr. The verdict, which came after about seven and a half hours of deliberations, was the latest act in a case that spanned almost four decades. Durst, the enigmatic real estate scion who evaded criminal suspicion for half his life only to become a national sensation after damaging admissions were aired in a 2015 documentary on HBO, was convicted on Friday in the execution-style murder of a close confidante more than 20 years ago.