Delphi: Can Richard Allen's Appeal Actually Win?
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Tony Brueski
4.2 • 612 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Richard Allen was convicted of murdering 13-year-old Abby Williams and 14-year-old Libby German near the Monon High Bridge trail in Delphi, Indiana. He's serving 130 years. His defense has appealed. The Indiana Attorney General has responded. Now three appellate judges have to decide.
They won't decide whether he's guilty. That's not what the appeals court does. They'll decide whether the trial that convicted him was constitutionally fair — whether the process met the standard the law requires.
In this session, defense attorney Bob Motta explains what that process actually looks like from the inside. What happens now. What the defense's reply brief needs to accomplish. What oral arguments allow that written documents can't. What a partial win looks like in practical terms — because reversal is rarely the single dramatic moment people imagine. What this means for the families of Abby and Libby, who were told a verdict meant it was over.
And the question people ask most: less than five percent of convictions get reversed on direct appeal. Does Richard Allen actually have a shot? Bob Motta doesn't give you a talking point. He gives you an honest answer.
Richard Allen is in a prison in Oklahoma waiting on three judges. The reply brief is coming. The questions from here are harder than anything that came before. This conversation is about what all of it means.
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| 1:05.9 | Bruske and Robin Drey. Three appellate judges are going to read both briefs. |
| 1:11.7 | They're not going to decide whether Richard Allen is guilty. |
| 1:14.5 | That's not their job. |
| 1:15.5 | Their job is to decide whether the trial that convicted him was constitutionally sound, |
| 1:20.9 | whether the process met the standard this country requires. |
| 1:24.7 | That's a narrower question than guilt or innocence, but in some ways, |
| 1:28.6 | it's more uncomfortable because it forces the system to examine itself. A reply brief from |
| 1:34.0 | Allen's defense is coming. Oral arguments are possible, and whatever these three judges decide, |
| 1:39.6 | will either close this chapter or blow it wide open. |
| 1:44.9 | Bob Mata is with us to help break it down. |
| 1:47.8 | Earlier in the conversation, if you go back to another segment or if you're watching |
| 1:50.8 | the long one, you've just heard it. |
| 1:52.7 | Bobby, we're saying that some of these points that have been made by the state are going |
| 1:59.3 | to be dead in the water when it comes to the arguments back |
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