LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The person accused of taking pictures and killing a rival YouTuber and that man’s spouse in a video streamed stay from the Las Vegas Strip pleaded not responsible throughout his arraignment Monday.
Manuel “Manny” Ruiz also called “Sin City Manny,” is accused of taking pictures and killing Rodney Finley, 44, also called “Finny Da Legend,” and his spouse, Tanisha Finley, 43, close to the Bellagio Fountains on June 8. Courtroom data point out Ruiz is 41, nevertheless, in courtroom Monday, Ruiz instructed the decide he was 43. He added that he didn’t full highschool.
In courtroom three weeks in the past, Ruiz maintained his innocence as prosecutors introduced Ruiz might face the demise penalty. Since then, a demise evaluation committee throughout the Clark County District Legal professional’s Workplace decided that prosecutors will search the demise penalty if a jury convicts him, the 8 Information Now Investigators first reported final week.
Clark County District Courtroom Choose Tierra Jones scheduled Ruiz’s trial for subsequent August. Homicide trials in Clark County are sometimes delayed for months, if not years.
The June confrontation stemmed from a beef between the 2 YouTube streamers, police mentioned. Ruiz later turned himself in to Henderson police and instructed detectives he acted in self-defense.
Whereas Nevada has the demise penalty, the state has not put an individual to demise since 2006. Homicide circumstances in Nevada typically finish in plea offers and no trial, which lead to life sentences with out parole.
