--- description: He will now go to Los Angeles to face a murder charge title: Robert Durst Pleads Guilty to New Orleans Gun Charge image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59e58dda9f0a658d/69887bf8e20a877687a8f59d/robert-durst.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Robert Durst Pleads Guilty to New Orleans Gun Charge by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 3, 2016 5:09 PM CUT  Robert Durst is escorted into Orleans Parish Prison after his arraignment in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans, on March 17, 2015. Robert Durst is escorted into Orleans Parish Prison after his arraignment in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court in New Orleans, on March 17, 2015.Gerald Herbert—AP by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 3, 2016 5:09 PM CUT Robert Durst has [pleaded guilty](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/nyregion/robert-durst-pleads-guilty-to-gun-charges-setting-up-possible-murder-trial.html "undefined") in a New Orleans court to possession of a firearm by a felon, striking a plea deal that carries a sentence of 85 months, or seven years. A .38-caliber revolver was found in Durst’s possession when he was arrested in New Orleans in March on suspicion of the murder of his friend Susan Berman in 2000, the New York _Times_ reports. Now that the gun charge has been resolved, Durst can be transferred to Los Angeles for arraignment on murder charges. Prosecutors say Durst killed Berman in order to cover up what Berman may have known about the disappearance of his wife, Kathie, in 1982. As part of the deal, the L.A. prosecutors must arraign Durst by Aug. 18; his defense lawyers are eager for that to take place so they will gain their right to discovery to find out what evidence the prosecutors have against Durst. Durst was the subject of the popular HBO miniseries [_The Jinx_](http://time.com/3740950/the-jinx-robert-durst-hbo/ "undefined") last year, which examines the series of crimes he’s been connected with. \[[_NYT_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/04/nyregion/robert-durst-pleads-guilty-to-gun-charges-setting-up-possible-murder-trial.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4206281/robert-durst-plea-deal-new-orleans-gun/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4206281/robert-durst-plea-deal-new-orleans-gun/"},"headline":"Robert Durst Pleads Guilty to New Orleans Gun Charge","datePublished":"2016-02-03T17:09:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T14:43:32.009Z","description":"He will now go to Los Angeles to face a murder charge","url":"https://time.com/4206281/robert-durst-plea-deal-new-orleans-gun/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59e58dda9f0a658d/69887bf8e20a877687a8f59d/robert-durst.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59e58dda9f0a658d/69887bf8e20a877687a8f59d/robert-durst.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Robert Durst","caption":"Robert Durst","creditText":"Gerald Herbert—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4206281/robert-durst-plea-deal-new-orleans-gun/","name":"Robert Durst Pleads Guilty to New Orleans Gun Charge"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst HBO Trailer","description":"The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst HBO Trailer","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/i04S27tX/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-06-10T18:13:50.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/i04S27tX.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4206281/robert-durst-plea-deal-new-orleans-gun/","duration":"PT1M30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4206281/robert-durst-plea-deal-new-orleans-gun/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```