About this episode

Eric Faddis provides a legal analysis of the D4VD case involving serious charges against David Burke.

The special circumstances alleged against David Burke include murder of a witness, murder for financial gain, and lying in wait. Prosecutors have indicated they are considering the death penalty. That's the legal framework surrounding a case that just produced its most significant filing — and the defense team responded by abandoning the strategy they'd been running for weeks. Former felony prosecutor and defense attorney Eric Faddis provides a comprehensive legal analysis of the D4VD case after the People's Brief was unsealed. Burke, the artist known as D4VD, faces charges of first-degree murder with special circumstances, continuous sexual abuse of a child under fourteen, and unlawful mutilation of human remains. He has pleaded not guilty. The prosecution's filing alleges a sexual relationship that began when Celeste Rivas Hernandez was thirteen, a motive rooted in the victim's reported threats to expose the relationship and destroy Burke's career, an alleged stabbing, and months of alleged concealment using disposal materials reportedly ordered under a false name. Prosecutors allege Burke sent communications to Celeste's phone after her reported death and concealed her remains…

People in this episode

Guest: Eric Faddis

Topics covered

• legal analysis
• murder case
• special circumstances
• death penalty
• defense strategy

Keywords

• D4VD
• David Burke
• murder
• special circumstances
• legal analysis
• Eric Faddis
• death penalty

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