The Brief
- A judge must determine whether Nima Momeni will be retried for the killing of Bob Lee.
- Momeni stabbed Lee three times with a kitchen knife.
- His legal team tried to overturn the conviction using the California Racial Justice Act.
SAN FRANCISCO – Nima Momeni was in San Francisco Superior Court Monday morning to attempt to secure a new trial for himself in the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee.
Murder conviction
The backstory:
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 18: Nima Momeni arrives in court at the Hall of Justice on May 18, 2023 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Paul Kuroda-Pool/Getty Images)
Momeni was found guilty of second-degree murder in December 2024 for the April 2023 stabbing death of the Cash App founder in San Francisco’s Rincon Hill neighborhood.
Momeni stabbed Lee three times with a kitchen knife near the base of the Bay Bridge. …