SANTA MONICA—On Wednesday, January 7, criminal defense attorney, Alan Jackson, the lawyer representing Nick Reiner, was granted a request to resign as Reiner’s attorney.
Jackson announced the news during a press conference he held, after a hearing that was originally intended to be his client’s arraignment. Jackson met Judge Theresa McGonigle, who was overseeing the proceedings, in her chambers, he was replaced as his client’s defense lawyer by a public defender. In addition, the hearing was postponed until February 23. Alan has not announced his reason for stepping down as Nick Reiner’s attorney.
Jackson announced that he could not reveal why he needed to step down, for both legal and ethical reasons.
During the same new conference, he also announced that he believed that under the laws of the state of California, his client was not guilty but did not say why.
The Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene has succeeded Jackson as Nick’s attorney. Nick has been accused of murdering his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner. He has been charged with two charges of first-degree murder.
By Daniel Diquinzio