LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Robert Telles filed an attraction with Nevada’s highest court docket to overturn his first-degree homicide conviction within the dying of a Las Vegas newspaper journalist.
Telles, a former Clark County Public Administrator, was discovered responsible of killing 69-year-old Jeff German, a reporter for the Las Vegas Overview-Journal on Labor Day weekend in 2022. German had written unflattering information tales that Telles felt harm his fame and precipitated him to lose an election.
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The proof submitted within the trial included Telles’ DNA being discovered underneath German’s fingernails. Telles has maintained he’s harmless, claiming he was framed.
In accordance with the attraction, filed on August 26, amongst different issues, the search warrant was mishandled, being denied the usage of an skilled witness, and never being notified of a jury notice stating the jury was deadlocked, the day earlier than reaching a call.
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Telles was sentenced to life in jail with the potential for parole. He’s serving his sentence at Excessive Desert State Jail, situated about 40 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
