Overview
- Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene was appointed to represent Reiner following the withdrawal of private attorney Alan Jackson.
- Reiner remains held without bail on two first-degree murder counts with special-circumstances allegations for multiple killings and the alleged use of a knife.
- Prosecutors say they have not decided whether to pursue the death penalty in the case led by Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian.
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner reported Rob Reiner, 78, and Michele Singer Reiner, 70, died from multiple sharp-force injuries at their Brentwood home on Dec. 14.
- The judge allowed cameras in the courtroom but barred photographing the defendant, and investigators have not disclosed a motive.