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Nick Reiner Pleads Not Guilty in Parents’ Killings With Preliminary Hearing Set for April 29

Prosecutors have not decided whether to seek the death penalty as Reiner remains jailed without bail.

Overview

  • Reiner, 32, entered a not-guilty plea to two counts of first-degree murder with special-circumstance allegations.
  • He remains held without bail since his December arrest after Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, were found fatally stabbed.
  • District Attorney Nathan Hochman said the office has not yet determined whether to pursue capital punishment.
  • The court scheduled a preliminary hearing for April 29, when a judge will decide if the evidence is sufficient to proceed to trial.
  • Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene now represents Reiner after private attorney Alan Jackson withdrew, and a court order continues to restrict release of investigative details.