Accused Murderer Robert Durst Won’t Get Mistrial for Covid Delay
Robert Durst appears in court during his murder trial in Los Angeles, California on March 10.
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Accused murderer Robert Durst failed to persuade a judge to order a mistrial in his case because of a more than three-month delay resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic.
California Superior Court Judge Mark Windham on Tuesday denied the New York real estate heir’s request for a mistrial, saying it was his own lawyers who asked for the proceedings to be adjourned until it was safe to resume. Durst’s trial is scheduled to resume next month.