VERDICT WATCH CA - Cash App Creator, Bob Lee, Stabbed to Death, San Francisco, Apr 2023 *Arrest*

[SophieRose]

Momeni arraignment postponed again; medical examiner details drugs found in Bob Lee's system

The man charged in the stabbing death of Cash App founder, Bob Lee, was back in a San Francisco courtroom on Tuesday. Nima Momeni appeared in court, but his attorney asked to postpone the proceedings. Meanwhile, the medical examiner released key details about drugs found in Lee's system.

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Nima Momeni walked boldly into court, at what was scheduled to be his arraignment. Paula Canny, Momeni's defense attorney says she is waiting to enter a plea to make sure her client can operate on his time frame, not the prosecutors.

"Of course I'm pleading not guilty," said Canny. "He is not guilty, OK. I'm going to enter that plea. But what I can't decide about is whether or not to waive time or not waive time for the preliminary hearing and that's what I need the two weeks for."

 

[Betty P]

Momeni arraignment postponed again; medical examiner details drugs found in Bob Lee's system

The man charged in the stabbing death of Cash App founder, Bob Lee, was back in a San Francisco courtroom on Tuesday. Nima Momeni appeared in court, but his attorney asked to postpone the proceedings. Meanwhile, the medical examiner released key details about drugs found in Lee's system.

www.ktvu.com

Nima Momeni walked boldly into court, at what was scheduled to be his arraignment. Paula Canny, Momeni's defense attorney says she is waiting to enter a plea to make sure her client can operate on his time frame, not the prosecutors.

"Of course I'm pleading not guilty," said Canny. "He is not guilty, OK. I'm going to enter that plea. But what I can't decide about is whether or not to waive time or not waive time for the preliminary hearing and that's what I need the two weeks for."

She almost sounds like a bully, too aggressive. Unprofessional. There probably aren't many judges willing to tolerate that.

Her creepy client brutally stabbed a guy to death. Most of it is on video. JMO, his goose is cooked.

 

[Sundog]

She almost sounds like a bully, too aggressive. Unprofessional. There probably aren't many judges willing to tolerate that.

Her creepy client brutally stabbed a guy to death. Most of it is on video. JMO, his goose is cooked.

She will argue something like the video is grainy, hard to see what was really going on, Bob Lee was on cocaine and other drugs, and acting erratically. NM pulled the car over because he felt his life was in danger. He stabbed Bob Lee in self-defense. Some nonsense like that.

But if he brought a kitchen knife with him, sounds like premeditation to me. The lawyer might say he was worried about being alone with Bob Lee, who was high on drugs and acting erratically, but needed a ride home.

How will the attorney explain away the argument about the sister and NM's "coming down hard" on Bob Lee, as the sister wrote in her text? Will they put the sister on the stand? For the defense? Or the prosecution? Or both.

This attorney is going to try to get one juror to sympathize with her cient and have some doubts about the prosecution's goal. She is already doing this by what she is saying to the press at each press conference after the court hearings. Especially now with the toxicology report.

She will do or say whatever it takes to get her client off. They must be paying her a fortune. Apparently she is a well-known San Francisco attorney, so the court knows her tricks. Judges, prosecutors, LE.

 

[SophieRose]

Do we have a date for the next court hearing?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1653507122376880129

 

[SophieRose]

Accused killer Nima Momeni’s lawyer, Paula Canny, litigates like ‘a dog on a bone’

Paula Canny is representing the man accused of stabbing Cash App founder and tech executive, Bob Lee, to death earlier this month.

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Even Momeni was a referral through friends. His mother, Canny says, is a friend of a friend.

 

[Sundog]

Accused killer Nima Momeni’s lawyer, Paula Canny, litigates like ‘a dog on a bone’

Paula Canny is representing the man accused of stabbing Cash App founder and tech executive, Bob Lee, to death earlier this month.

missionlocal.org

Even Momeni was a referral through friends. His mother, Canny says, is a friend of a friend.

His famous plastic surgeon brother-in-law probably helped a lot. Both with connections, and finances.

This attorney, Canny, is a piece of work. This is not about Nima's hardships in Iran, it's about his taking the life of a decent human being for no reason at all.

Is Canny going to argue that it was Bob Lee who took the kitchen knife with him from Nimas's sister's home?

I hope Bob Lee's family and friends get as vocal as she is, and make it clear that this was a cold-blooded murder.

 

[Betty P]

His famous plastic surgeon brother-in-law probably helped a lot. Both with connections, and finances.

This attorney, Canny, is a piece of work. This is not about Nima's hardships in Iran, it's about his taking the life of a decent human being for no reason at all.

Is Canny going to argue that it was Bob Lee who took the kitchen knife with him from Nimas's sister's home?

I hope Bob Lee's family and friends get as vocal as she is, and make it clear that this was a cold-blooded murder.

I'm guessing the evidence won't be in Nima's favor if he tries to blame Lee. State probably has fingerprints, DNA, etc. Were they able to search Nima's car? Stabbing is a messy crime, evidence everywhere. Sometimes the killer is injured, too. Lee probably had defensive wounds.

Lee probably has no history of violent behavior, either. I wonder if Nima does? If Lee was causing trouble (seems unlikely) they could have called 911. They didn't, not at any time. Instead, Nima tried to hide, right?

 

[Sundog]

I'm guessing the evidence won't be in Nima's favor if he tries to blame Lee. State probably has fingerprints, DNA, etc. Were they able to search Nima's car? Stabbing is a messy crime, evidence everywhere. Sometimes the killer is injured, too. Lee probably had defensive wounds.

Lee probably has no history of violent behavior, either. I wonder if Nima does? If Lee was causing trouble (seems unlikely) they could have called 911. They didn't, not at any time. Instead, Nima tried to hide, right?

I think the stabbing took place outside of the car, IIRC. With regard to premeditation, I suppose that Nima's lawyer might say that Bob Lee was acting erratically because of the drugs he had taken and that Nima took the knife to protect himself in case he needed it.

Or that Bob Lee took the knife from the condo, and he and Nima fought outside of the car, and to explain fingerprints and DNA, the attorney might say that Nima fought to get the knife out of Bob Lee's hands, and that's why there were fingerprints and DNA and defensive wounds on the knife - likely from both of them.

This attorney will do everything in her power to introduce reasonable doubt to the jury, JMO.

 

[cvaldez1975]

It's unfortunate that we only have toxicology on the victim in this case, Bob Lee. By the time NM was arrested, it was too late to do toxicology for the night Bob Lee was murdered. From the sounds of this article, it sounds like NM's attorney might use the toxicology report against Bob Lee, the victim. A blaming the victim approach is somehow likely. JMO.

i think they will be able to demonstrate this whole circle fkd around.

 

[Betty P]

I think the stabbing took place outside of the car, IIRC. With regard to premeditation, I suppose that Nima's lawyer might say that Bob Lee was acting erratically because of the drugs he had taken and that Nima took the knife to protect himself in case he needed it.

Or that Bob Lee took the knife from the condo, and he and Nima fought outside of the car, and to explain fingerprints and DNA, the attorney might say that Nima fought to get the knife out of Bob Lee's hands, and that's why there were fingerprints and DNA and defensive wounds on the knife - likely from both of them.

This attorney will do everything in her power to introduce reasonable doubt to the jury, JMO.

JMO, if there was evidence that Lee was the one who took the knife or in any way caused Nima guy to act in self defense, his attorney would be broadcasting that to the news media. She sounds like the type who likes to defend her client in the news media. JMO. A lot of hot air.

 

[Cryptic]

Why on earth Colombia? Curious.
Does he even speak Spanish? Maybe he knows people there I guess.

I would say that there is a descent possibility that the answers to both questions could be "yes". Colombia has a attracted a relatively large number of immigrants from Iran.

Most of these immigrants are businessmen whose scale of operations runs from having interests in oil exploration or mining to the far more numerous owner operated small stores. Other immigrants left Iran after concluding that the Islamic government put too much of a damper on their life style.

What ever their reasons for leaving, Columbia can be an attractive choice for Iranians:

Lower cost of living than the "big ticket" asylum countries like USA, Germany and France. Overall safe- so long as one knows which areas to avoid. Then consider that Iranians and Columbians often resemble each other physically and.... Columbia can be a "go to" destination.

 

[Veronica Sawyer]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1653570086115094528

major yikes @ that Walgreens comparison

 

[Arkay]

major yikes @ that Walgreens comparison

Ugh.

I’m certainly no advocate for drug use, but this is abominable.

Bob Lee was murdered. He did not die of a drug overdose. His bad decision was to get into a car with someone he trusted. THAT person is the bad guy.

IMO

 

[arielilane]

Momeni attorney apologizes to slain tech executive Bob Lee's family for courthouse comments

Momeni attorney apologizes to slain tech executive Bob Lee's family for courthouse comments​

SAN FRANCISCO -- Nima Momeni's defense attorney Paula Canny issued an apology Thursday for courthouse comments she made while referring to the autopsy report of slain tech executive Bob Lee which revealed he had alcohol, cocaine and ketamine in his system.

Canny characterized the report as showing "Lee's system was like the Walgreens of recreational drugs."

The remarks triggered an avalanche of criticism from Lee's family and friends. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins was also critical of the comments, telling reporters Canny's comments were a common tactic by defense attorneys to shift blame on victims of crime.

 

[arielilane]

As any good defense attorney would do … wait for the toxicology report and then blame the victim. Geesh…


Momeni's attorney, Paula Canny, told reporters outside of the courtroom at San Francisco's Hall of Justice that Lee's autopsy and toxicology report released Monday afternoon was going to have a major impact on the defense strategy.

Nima Momeni arraignment postponed again following toxicology report; Defense attorney says Bob Lee's system 'Walgreens of recreational drugs'

The judge postponed the arraignment until May 18.

 

[KooshBall]

If the defense is going to trash Bob Lee's character, what does that say about the defendant, and his sister, who were close with him? It's tacky, and ridiculous, to focus on it, because if they had a problem with his drug use, they wouldn't be hanging around him.

 

[arielilane]

If the defense is going to trash Bob Lee's character, what does that say about the defendant, and his sister, who were close with him? It's tacky, and ridiculous, to focus on it, because if they had a problem with his drug use, they wouldn't be hanging around him.

Oh, but defendant didn’t know about any drug use. Wink, wink moo

 

[Sundog]

Oh, but defendant didn’t know about any drug use. Wink, wink moo

Except that a friend of the sister has been quoted in MSM saying that the sister had a drug problem. I assume the prosecution will put that friend on the stand.

 

[arielilane]

Except that a friend of the sister has been quoted in MSM saying that the sister had a drug problem. I assume the prosecution will put that friend on the stand.

How can a "friend" determine that a sister had a drug problem? Slander of one's character? Better have some proof when making that kind of claim. imo
Not being combative here, only asking because if you have friends that are active drug users how can you determine they have a drug problem unless you're a doctor?

I hope that this trial doesn't get nasty and to keep focus on a cowardly killer that murdered Bob Lee perhaps for his own selfish reasons. We will see.
All speculation. MOO

Justice for Bob Lee!

 

[Sundog]

How can a "friend" determine that a sister had a drug problem? Slander of one's character? Better have some proof when making that kind of claim. imo
Not being combative here, only asking because if you have friends that are active drug users how can you determine they have a drug problem unless you're a doctor?

I hope that this trial doesn't get nasty and to keep focus on a cowardly killer that murdered Bob Lee perhaps for his own selfish reasons. We will see.
All speculation. MOO

Justice for Bob Lee!

I'll see if I can find the MSM source, but the friend of the sister said that the sister had a drug problem and was always hitting up her friends for money for drugs, IIRC.

Edited to add the MSM source

Bob Lee Killing: What Role Did Drugs Play in Slaying of Tech Exec in San Francisco?

Lee and friends visited the home of a suspected drug dealer hours before his death, source says.

sfstandard.com