LAS VEGAS — Former Clark County Public Administrator Robert Telles, acting as his own lawyer as he faces a murder charge in the killing of a reporter, filed nearly two dozen subpoenas last week in an effort to uncover details about the investigation that led to his arrest.
Meanwhile, in separate recent court papers, Telles doubled down on his request to have the judge overseeing his proceedings removed from the case as he awaits trial in the slaying of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German.
The ousted elected official has written in court documents that when District Judge Michelle Leavitt questioned him about representing himself, she “refused to maintain an open mind” and was “prejudicing Defendant with the media.” Telles is accused of fatally stabbing German outside the reporter’s home in September.
