Arrest made in FSU Law Prof Dan Markel murder case
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If I were Dan Markel's dad or brother, I would be going to jail. The Adelson family should all be killed as well as the 3 people arrested here in my book.
So how long until they are found not guilty because I have no faith in this one?
Should be an interesting few weeks:
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A key witness in the upcoming Dan Markel murder case is now back in Tallahassee.
Records show Luis Rivera was transported from a federal prison in Tucson, Arizona and booked into the Leon County Jail late last week.
In October 2016, Rivera accepted a plea deal in the murder. He received a 19-year prison sentence in return for testifying against co-defendants Sigfredo Garcia and Katherine Magbanua. All three are accused in the July 2014 murder of FSU law professor Dan Markel.
Garcia and Magbanua’s trial is set to begin June 3.
Magbanua's attorneys have asked for a delay in the trial, saying the state has been slow to turn over evidence in the case. In a motion filed Monday, they contend prosecutors have “thumbed their nose” at rules requiring them to turn over evidence and called it "classic trial by ambush."
The judge promptly said no to the delay, but ordered prosecutors to turn over the requested evidence within five days. That includes Charlie Adelson's iCloud data, thousands of text messages, federal wiretaps of Luis Rivera and more information on a female jail inmate just added to the state's witness list.
Garcia and Magbanua are both expected in court Tuesday for a final pre-trial hearing.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A key witness in the upcoming Dan Markel murder case is now back in Tallahassee.
Records show Luis Rivera was transported from a federal prison in Tucson, Arizona and booked into the Leon County Jail late last week.
In October 2016, Rivera accepted a plea deal in the murder. He received a 19-year prison sentence in return for testifying against co-defendants Sigfredo Garcia and Katherine Magbanua. All three are accused in the July 2014 murder of FSU law professor Dan Markel.
Garcia and Magbanua’s trial is set to begin June 3.
Magbanua's attorneys have asked for a delay in the trial, saying the state has been slow to turn over evidence in the case. In a motion filed Monday, they contend prosecutors have “thumbed their nose” at rules requiring them to turn over evidence and called it "classic trial by ambush."
The judge promptly said no to the delay, but ordered prosecutors to turn over the requested evidence within five days. That includes Charlie Adelson's iCloud data, thousands of text messages, federal wiretaps of Luis Rivera and more information on a female jail inmate just added to the state's witness list.
Garcia and Magbanua are both expected in court Tuesday for a final pre-trial hearing.
Thanks for the update. Question: I assume the prosecution will be making the case that this was a murder for hire, but if they do will they have to name the Adelsons even if they haven’t charged them with anything?
I read the headline and was disappointed, but then kept reading...
Judge delays Dan Markel murder trial
Prosecutor Georgia Cappleman told the judge new technology is allowing them to access emails and text messages on a cell phone Magbanua was carrying when she was arrested.
Cappleman said they got a search warrant last week and started extracting more than 50 gigs of data, but stopped when they realized there may be privileged communications between Magbanua and her lawyer on it.
Cappleman said she wanted to move forward with the trial, but given the new material, she said she would not object if the defense asked for a delay. Attorneys for both Magbanua and Garcia asked for a delay and the judge promptly postponed the June 3 trial.
Judge delays Dan Markel murder trial
Prosecutor Georgia Cappleman told the judge new technology is allowing them to access emails and text messages on a cell phone Magbanua was carrying when she was arrested.
Cappleman said they got a search warrant last week and started extracting more than 50 gigs of data, but stopped when they realized there may be privileged communications between Magbanua and her lawyer on it.
Cappleman said she wanted to move forward with the trial, but given the new material, she said she would not object if the defense asked for a delay. Attorneys for both Magbanua and Garcia asked for a delay and the judge promptly postponed the June 3 trial.
Maybe the application of new/different technology requires a different warrant?
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