Nick Reiner's effort to access money from a trust created by his parents remains unresolved, with Judge Ruben Garcia setting an Oct. 23 hearing on whether he can use the assets to pay for his defense against charges that he stabbed Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner to death. Reiner, 32, has pleaded not guilty to two counts tied to the killings after his parents were found dead in their Los Angeles home in December and he was arrested hours later. His lawyers argue he should have begun receiving payments from the trust when he turned 30 and should be allowed to use the money to hire his own criminal defense attorney rather than rely on a public defender. A financial representative overseeing the trust said funds cannot be released because California's slayer statute bars people from inheriting from someone they intentionally killed. At the hearing, attorney Anita Wu said trustees had already used $200,000 from the trust for their own legal fees and warned that delays were depleting the assets. The trust, set up by his parents in 1993, is estimated to hold about $1.5 million. Alan Jackson, who initially represented Reiner in the criminal case before withdrawing in January when Reiner could not pay counsel, is now assisting the probate attorneys seeking access to the trust on his behalf. Reiner faces up to life in prison if convicted, or the death penalty if prosecutors decide to seek it.