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New Trial Ordered In High Profile Las Vegas Murder

Las Vegas, NV --In 2001 Margaret Rudin , now 65 was put on trial for the murder of her 64 year-old husband Ron Rudin . Police say Rudin was shot to death in his sleep and his body dumped near Nelson's Landing at Lake Mojave in southern Nevada. Margaret Rudin was vilified by her wealthy husband’s family. They may have been motivated by greed in their quest to get the widow prosecuted and away from inheriting any portion of either the martial property or his estate worth $11 million. Prosecutors overwhelmed the defense by turning over some 60 file boxes of discovery material to use in trial preparation. The problem is the trial court refused the defense sufficient time to read or investigate the material. Rudin’s defense lawyers, Michael Amador, Tom Pitaro and John Momot were handicapped and could not give their client a sufficient defense under the trial courts time restrictions. Rudin’s lead lawyer, Michael Amador was criticized for sloppy legal work and making deals with var...