Rob Reiner Family Murders

At a Jan. 7 hearing, high‑profile defense attorney Alan Jackson formally withdrew from representing Nick Reiner, who did not enter a plea and whose arraignment was rescheduled for Feb. 23; the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office, with Deputy Public Defender Kimberly Greene, has been appointed to represent him. Reiner is held without bail on first‑degree murder charges with special‑circumstance allegations in the killings of filmmaker Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner — the medical examiner said they died of multiple sharp‑force injuries — and prosecutors have not yet decided whether to seek the death penalty, though the district attorney says he is confident a jury will convict.