The knife allegedly used to fatally stab the founding father of Money App in San Francisco was not fingerprinted and investigators didn’t interview a possible witness, protection attorneys claimed Monday.
Attorneys for tech guide Nima Momeni argued Monday throughout a listening to to find out whether or not there’s sufficient proof for the case to proceed that police investigators mishandled the kitchen knife that Momeni allegedly used to kill 43-year-old Bob Lee in April.
In accordance with a report by the San Francisco Chronicle, protection legal professional Saam Zangeneh additionally urged the police didn’t correctly interview a probably homeless man who was close to the positioning within the neighborhood of Rincon Hill the place Lee was stabbed.
San Francisco police officer Cedric Hood argued in the course of the evidentiary listening to that the homeless man, who was roughly 40 toes away from the place Lee was stabbed, was unintelligible when officers tried to interview him.
Against the law scene investigator who additionally testified in the course of the listening to mentioned that she examined the knife for DNA however didn’t analyze it for fingerprints in an effort to maintain the DNA evaluation from being tainted. Investigators have alleged solely Momeni’s DNA was discovered on the knife deal with and solely Lee’s was discovered on the blade.
Prosecutors with the San Francisco District Lawyer’s Workplace have alleged that Momeni stabbed Lee within the early morning hours on April 4 after the 2 males argued over Lee’s relationship with Momeni’s sister, Khazar Elyassnia.
Elyassnia and Lee had been ingesting with a gaggle of pals within the hours earlier than the assault. Momeni allegedly questioned whether or not Lee and Elyassnia had been doing medicine.
Safety footage from the Millennium Tower, the place Elyassnia lived and which is positioned close to the place Lee was stabbed, confirmed Lee and Momeni taking an elevator to the constructing’s foyer simply after 2 a.m. earlier than getting right into a automobile. Lee was stabbed shortly after and later died at a neighborhood hospital.
Momeni was arrested simply over every week after Lee’s killing. If convicted, he faces life in jail.
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