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A Colorado man accused of murdering his wife will be allowed to pay for his pricey private defense attorney — using money he got from her life insurance policy, the state’s Supreme Court has ruled.

In the baffling case, Robert Feldman — who allegedly strangled his wife, Stacy, in the shower in 2015 — scored roughly $751,000 in insurance dough after her death, according to Denver’s FOX 31.

When Feldman, 55, was charged with her murder three years later, he plunked down at least $550,000 of that cash to pay for his lawyer, David Kaplan, according to the station.

But Stacy’s relatives then sued him in Probate Court, citing Colorado’s “Slayer Statute,” which is meant to stop killers from cashing in on their crimes. The life insurance money, they said, should instead go to Stacy’s children, the station reported.

They won the case, forcing Feldman to use a public defender.

But he appealed the decision in Colorado Supreme Court, which last month ruled that Stacy’s family acted too late to stop Feldman from using the funds.

Full Story:
https://nypost.com/2019/07/23/murder-suspect-can-use-dead-wifes-life-insurance-to-pay-for-his-defense/
 
But he appealed the decision in Colorado Supreme Court, which last month ruled that Stacy’s family acted too late to stop Feldman from using the funds.
The court should have taken into account that he wasnt even arrested or charged for 3 years. Her family went after him almost right away after he was arrested. Probate court isnt the same as civil court. They cant just take him to probate court because they think he might have made money off killing his wife, they need to prove he did. Civil court is a whole nother beast.
 
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