MARTINEZ — A Contra Costa jury took less than two hours to find an Oakley man guilty of first-degree murder in the killing of a nightclub bouncer, prosecutors announced this week.
Nicholas Jacobson, 30, was convicted of first-degree murder in the June 2017 killing of 42-year-old Robert Frazier, who was shot outside the Nica Lounge in Concord, where he worked. Frazier was off duty that night, and prosecutors theorized Jacobson shot him out of jealousy because they’d both dated the same woman, who also worked at the club.
Jacobson faces a sentence of 50 years to life in prison.
During trial, the defense argued that Frazier had initiated the conflict between the two men, in the parking lot of the Nica Lounge. Prosecutors said that Frazier was unarmed and Jacobson grabbed a gun from his nearby parked car, returned and shot Frazier, who was attempting to shake Jacobson’s hand.
Earlier in the evening, Jacobson was ejected from the Nica Lounge for inappropriately touching two waitresses, including Frazier’s current girlfriend, who Jacobson had previously dated.
Jacobson was arrested days after the shooting. His case stalled for years before making it to trial, in part because of Jacobson’s severe medical issues; he crashed his car the day of his arrest, was hospitalized, then went into a coma after suffering a medical setback in the jail. Jacobson filed a lawsuit against Contra Costa County alleging medical negligence and was given $60,000 in a settlement that didn’t require the county to admit wrongdoing, court records show.