Momeni Defense Team To Argue He Redirected Knife From Bob Lee In Fatal Stabbing

CBS Bay Area

September 26, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO — Defense attorneys for Nima Momeni plan to argue that Bob Lee may have possessed the knife in his fatal stabbing and Momeni was "forced to stand his ground."

In a pre-trial hearing Wednesday, an expert witness brought by the defense testified that the wounds Lee sustained are "consistent with someone performing defensive hand maneuver" while the knife was in Lee's hand.

The prosecution has maintained that "Mr. Momeni stabbed and murdered Mr. Lee."

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