NV - Jeff German, 69, investigative reporter, stabbed to death, Las Vegas, Sept 2022 *arrest*

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trialobsessive said:
Telles was comedy gold. Pure and unapologetic bonkers behaviour. Less than an hour to deliberate I think.

RT would be a nightmare client for an attorney, I feel for his team.
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At first I didnt like the defense attorney but once I started listening to Telles I realized he was in a horrible position. Not only a guilty client but one who probably directed most, if not all, of the defense. I hope his check cashed. Telles spent a lot of money on this trial and depending on his net worth might not be leaving much for his family. If he was concerned about his family he would have taken a plea deal and saved the money for his kids.

One thing that was very annoying about the defense attorney is making a habit of beginning rebuttal questions with "To be clear".... Most of the questions following this statement made things vastly "unclear" and he did it repeatedly. IMHO an extremely poor tactic to use when trying to make a counter point with a jury.
 
Sustained said:
Will RT deliver his own closing argument ?
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More comedy gold if he does? Just goes to show a distinct lack of self-awareness of how he comes across to jurors.

It seems to me he is using the trial to roleplay at criminal defense.

I think I’m just stunned at how anybody could think they’d do a narrative testimony well when the evidence is so damning but maybe this wasn’t his choice as people have pointed out, his attorney’s might have told him they’d play no part as they thought he was going to lie.
 
I had not kept up on this case, but was sick this weekend and caught most if the trial. RT is the oddest man ever. His expressions, super fake demeanor, and bizarre diatribes on the stand are something I’ll remember always.

Thank God he was so stupid, I wonder how he’ll do in prison?
 
Upon cross-examination of Telles, prosecuting attorney Chris Hamner interrogated the former Public Administrator, calling into question Telles’ belief of a vast conspiracy orchestrated by several Public Administrator’s office officials, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department detectives, officers, and even officials from LVMPD’s DNA lab, alongside individuals from a local real estate company. At the conclusion of the trial’s ninth day, Hamner dropped a piece of blockbuster evidence: an image of a message not present on either Telles’ phone or his wife’s phone but that was present on Telles’ wife’s Apple Watch. The message appeared to have been sent at the time of German’s murder from Telles’ wife to Telles, asking, “Where are you?”
 
“I’m not crazy. I’m not trying to avoid responsibility,” Telles told them Friday to end his second and final round of self-guided testimony before the prosecution and defense rested their cases. “I didn’t kill Mr. German and I’m innocent.”

“I wasn’t happy about them,” Telles told prosecutor Christopher Hamner, referring to the articles. “I don’t know that I ever hated him,” he said of German

“I’m not the kind of person who could brutally murder another man,” Telles said Friday, “and then go to the gym and then go pick up my children. I can’t imagine being that kind of person.”
www.dailyfreeman.com

Closings set in trial of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas investigative reporter

By KEN RITTER LAS VEGAS (AP) — A jury that heard a former Las Vegas-area Democratic politician insist that evidence including DNA tying him to the killing of an investigative journalist was t…
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JMOO but this Judge is really breezing through the first part of Jury Instructions.

Anyone else feel she’s reading very quickly?
I’d have trouble focusing on any part of what she’s reading; thankfully the jury has written copies to follow along with in real-time.
 
Knox said:
I had not kept up on this case, but was sick this weekend and caught most if the trial. RT is the oddest man ever. His expressions, super fake demeanor, and bizarre diatribes on the stand are something I’ll remember always.

Thank God he was so stupid, I wonder how he’ll do in prison?
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I don't think I was aware until he mentioned them, that RT has young children (or at least young enough to need to be picked up). I agree with your assessment of him. I too find him odd and will go one further and say I wouldn't be shocked if he was found to have malignant narcissistic personality tendencies by a professional if he were ever to be evaluated.

Makes me wonder what he was like to live with from his family's perspective.
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They describe Telles as changing his demeanor on a dime — from antagonistic and nasty to soft-spoken and caring. County employees called him “tri-polar,” as his pleasantries would give way to hateful bursts of rage in mere minutes.
A reporter’s killing revealed a decade of Robert Telles’ toxic behavior

very lengthy article with a lot of info about various accusations against RT that JG was publicly bringing to light.
 
tlcya said:
I don't think I was aware until he mentioned them, that RT has young children (or at least young enough to need to be picked up). I agree with your assessment of him. I too find him odd and will go one further and say I wouldn't be shocked if he was found to have malignant narcissistic personality tendencies by a professional if he were ever to be evaluated.

Makes me wonder what he was like to live with from his family's perspective.
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They describe Telles as changing his demeanor on a dime — from antagonistic and nasty to soft-spoken and caring. County employees called him “tri-polar,” as his pleasantries would give way to hateful bursts of rage in mere minutes.
A reporter’s killing revealed a decade of Robert Telles’ toxic behavior

very lengthy article with a lot of info about various accusations against RT that JG was publicly bringing to light.
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Wow, the article just confirmed how much of a loser he really is and has been over the years.
 
Just catching up on the states closing. The car, evidence found in his house and DNA is just damning - so obvious when laid out chronologically. Not to mention all the evidence of motive alongside this evidence.

Waste of taxpayers money and a huge waste of time.
 
the only somewhat intriguing part of defense closing IMOO was the blown up image of the video with someone who appears to MAYBE have a slightly different profile ….but the direct shadow and lack of any real visible details make it hard to really think it’s someone else for sure. Combine that with the inability to refute any of the other really damning details highlighted by the State make this little detail likely to just come out in the wash in the end.

But we shall see.
 

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MTW2011 said:
the only somewhat intriguing part of defense closing IMOO was the blown up image of the video with someone who appears to MAYBE have a slightly different profile ….but the direct shadow and lack of any real visible details make it hard to really think it’s someone else for sure. Combine that with the inability to refute any of the other really damning details highlighted by the State make this little detail likely to just come out in the wash in the end.

But we shall see.
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I just got to this bit too - I agree, appears interesting but clear shadow and lack of distinguishing features makes it hard.
 
MTW2011 said:
the only somewhat intriguing part of defense closing IMOO was the blown up image of the video with someone who appears to MAYBE have a slightly different profile ….but the direct shadow and lack of any real visible details make it hard to really think it’s someone else for sure. Combine that with the inability to refute any of the other really damning details highlighted by the State make this little detail likely to just come out in the wash in the end.

But we shall see.
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State is saying it's likely a construction worker - but it's also possible that since Telles was in disguise, he had a hairpiece/wig on his head.
 
He alleged the real estate company Compass Realty, his office co-workers, Las Vegas police, the DNA lab and prosecutors had all conspired to hire an assassin and kill the reporter, Jeff German, on September 2, 2022, and then plant evidence to make him look guilty.

But in the prosecution’s rebuttal argument Monday, Christopher Hamner mocked the conspiracy and told the jury plainly, “It didn’t make sense.”

“What it does give you a window into is what’s in his mind. That is how important Mr. Telles views himself. That every single one of these people, these entities, were literally willing to kill another human being – who is not him – just to frame him,” Hamner said. “Does that make sense? And more importantly, where is the evidence to support that?”

Even Telles’ own attorney, Robert Draskovich, did not fully endorse Telles’ theory about the conspiracy, although he empathized with his client’s mindset.

“It’s understandable why he believes this wide-reaching conspiracy,” Draskovich said in his closing argument. “What other options does he have under these circumstances?”

After the rebuttal, the jury was sent to begin deliberations.
 
Intriguing that the jury wanted to know how/if possible to zoom in on video using the laptop they’ve been provided. An IT support person went into jury room and showed them how they could zoom on video and both sides agreed to that taking place.

Jury back in deliberations now.
 
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