The incredible murder case involving Robert Durst finally took an expected turn on Wednesday as the 14th Court of Appeals struck down state district Judge Susan Criss’ absurdly high $3 billion bond as a condition for Durst’s release pending his trial on evidence tampering and bail-jumping charges. The appellate court directed Judge Criss to conduct another hearing soon to reconsider the amount of the bond and provided guidelines for what it considered to be a reasonable amount of the bond.
Based on the outcome of Durst’s murder trial, if Durst’s attorney Dick DeGeurin could only get a jury trial on the issue of the amount of the bond, he might get Durst released on personal recognizance.