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for Friday, May 27th - Day 8 - Closing arguments
Jada E. Williams
@JadaEWilliams
Are you all ready for closings in the #KatherineMagbanuaRetrial today? They’re happening in just minutes.
Judge Wheeler is reading jury instructions right now. The jurors have a huge job on their hands today. @abc27
“Dan Markel is the only victim in this case.” The state opens their closing with.
“The motive is clear. It’s undisputed that the divorce between Wendi Adelson and Dan Markel was a nasty one.”
The state says their evidence shows every step of the way, Katherine Magbanua was involved in this murder-for-hire plot. Pointing to her relationships with Charlie Adelson and Sigfredo Garcia.
Cappleman urges the jurors to compare Luis Rivera’s composure, response, knowledge while testifying to Katherine Magbanua’s.
We hear about code a lot throughout the case. Cappleman says the first code word is tv. That stands for the murder.
This closing is a summation of every piece of evidence presented in trial and how it fits into their theory. Bank statement, phone pings, the wire tap.
“We are no closer to proving the defenses theory than we were in opening statements.” Cappleman says in her closing argument.
“You have to love Sgt. Corbitt. Because he is an unbiased witness.” Corbitt had one of the longest testimonies in this trial. Most focusing on cell tower pings and tracing phone records.
The jury is returning from break. Now the defense has roughly 90 minutes to present closing arguments.
Defense attorney Tara Kawass starts by thanking the jury. I’ve covered a decent amount of trials. This is probably the most attentive group of jurors I’ve seen.
“This is where I need you to apply your common sense. They want you to believe Charlie Adelson, a master manipulator to get someone he was dating for a few months to kill someone.”
“He’s brilliant. He would never use his phone to orchestrate a murder.” Kawass speaks on testimony of Charlie Adelson’s friend.
link: https://twitter.com/JadaEWilliams
Karl Etters
@KarlEtters
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4h
Here is our live link for today.
bit.ly
Closing arguments will commence later this morning and jurors will likely begin their deliberations around lunch
Magbanua could also be convicted as a principal to first-degree murder. She does not have to be present when the crime is committed
Jurors must decide on a unanimous verdict
Cappleman: "The defendant didn’t just ask Sigfredo Garcia to do this and paid him for it. She didn’t just take care of Charlie Adelson’s family problem and turn it into action. She got the thing done. Dan Markel is dead."
Cappleman keeps coming back to the fact that what lawyers say is not evidence.
Points to Magbanua's testimony in which she couldn't recount what her job was for Charlie Adelson
"It's like trying to nail Jello to a wall. You’re not going to get answers."
Cappleman wraps up with about 10 minutes left on her clock. Defense will present their argument next and state will have a chance for rebuttal
Kawass: "This is anatomy of a wrongful prosecution. Their initial investigation led them to Luis Rivera and Sigfredo Garcia and had the rain suspects but how are they going to connect these two groups of people...
..."The easiest answer they could find and went with was Katherine Magabanua"
"Wendi Adelson, they actually brought her in here and gave her immunity. You saw that horrible performance she gave on the stand. She played herself like she was the victim, she disparaging Dan Markel and then has the audacity to defend her family...
..."There's more evidence against Wendi Adelson than there is against Katherine Magbanua and they gave her immunity."
Kawass contends its what the state didn't provide to jurors, all the calls, all the evidence gathered, that points to innocence.
"All you are going to hear are excuses upon excuses, upon excuse for why things are missing and you don’t get to hear them."
Kawass contends it is "impossible" for Magbanua to have known Markel was shot when Rivera says he overheard her telling Garcia "I know," at about 12:30 that day....
I went back and looked, the first mention we made of the shooting, arguably one of the first, was in a story posted @TDOnline
at 12:55 the day Markel was killed.
Our first social media post was at 1:54 p.m.
Neither mentioned Markel
Kawass wraps up: "Justice for Dan Markel is not convicting an innocent person of this crime... She’s innocent."
Cappleman: "How many coincidence does it take for it to no longer be a coincidence?"
"No amount of explanations and excuses for the evidence can change it."
"This is what this case is about. Find her guilty," Cappleman says, holding up a photo of Markel. That's it for closing arguments, Jurors will begin deliberations now
7:46 PM · May 27, 2022·
[me: that 7:46pm is MY time (EET) - so ET time would be - 12:46pm.
link: https://twitter.com/KarlEtters
Jada E. Williams
@JadaEWilliams
Are you all ready for closings in the #KatherineMagbanuaRetrial today? They’re happening in just minutes.
Judge Wheeler is reading jury instructions right now. The jurors have a huge job on their hands today. @abc27
“Dan Markel is the only victim in this case.” The state opens their closing with.
“The motive is clear. It’s undisputed that the divorce between Wendi Adelson and Dan Markel was a nasty one.”
The state says their evidence shows every step of the way, Katherine Magbanua was involved in this murder-for-hire plot. Pointing to her relationships with Charlie Adelson and Sigfredo Garcia.
Cappleman urges the jurors to compare Luis Rivera’s composure, response, knowledge while testifying to Katherine Magbanua’s.
We hear about code a lot throughout the case. Cappleman says the first code word is tv. That stands for the murder.
This closing is a summation of every piece of evidence presented in trial and how it fits into their theory. Bank statement, phone pings, the wire tap.
“We are no closer to proving the defenses theory than we were in opening statements.” Cappleman says in her closing argument.
“You have to love Sgt. Corbitt. Because he is an unbiased witness.” Corbitt had one of the longest testimonies in this trial. Most focusing on cell tower pings and tracing phone records.
The jury is returning from break. Now the defense has roughly 90 minutes to present closing arguments.
Defense attorney Tara Kawass starts by thanking the jury. I’ve covered a decent amount of trials. This is probably the most attentive group of jurors I’ve seen.
“This is where I need you to apply your common sense. They want you to believe Charlie Adelson, a master manipulator to get someone he was dating for a few months to kill someone.”
“He’s brilliant. He would never use his phone to orchestrate a murder.” Kawass speaks on testimony of Charlie Adelson’s friend.
link: https://twitter.com/JadaEWilliams
Karl Etters
@KarlEtters
·
4h
Here is our live link for today.
Dan Markel murder: Katherine Magbanua re-trial, Day 8
DAN MARKEL MURDER: The defense has rested in the re-trial of Katherine Magbanua. Today begins with closing arguments, followed by the case going to the jury,...
bit.ly
Magbanua could also be convicted as a principal to first-degree murder. She does not have to be present when the crime is committed
Jurors must decide on a unanimous verdict
Cappleman: "The defendant didn’t just ask Sigfredo Garcia to do this and paid him for it. She didn’t just take care of Charlie Adelson’s family problem and turn it into action. She got the thing done. Dan Markel is dead."
Cappleman keeps coming back to the fact that what lawyers say is not evidence.
Points to Magbanua's testimony in which she couldn't recount what her job was for Charlie Adelson
"It's like trying to nail Jello to a wall. You’re not going to get answers."
Cappleman wraps up with about 10 minutes left on her clock. Defense will present their argument next and state will have a chance for rebuttal
Kawass: "This is anatomy of a wrongful prosecution. Their initial investigation led them to Luis Rivera and Sigfredo Garcia and had the rain suspects but how are they going to connect these two groups of people...
..."The easiest answer they could find and went with was Katherine Magabanua"
"Wendi Adelson, they actually brought her in here and gave her immunity. You saw that horrible performance she gave on the stand. She played herself like she was the victim, she disparaging Dan Markel and then has the audacity to defend her family...
..."There's more evidence against Wendi Adelson than there is against Katherine Magbanua and they gave her immunity."
Kawass contends its what the state didn't provide to jurors, all the calls, all the evidence gathered, that points to innocence.
"All you are going to hear are excuses upon excuses, upon excuse for why things are missing and you don’t get to hear them."
Kawass contends it is "impossible" for Magbanua to have known Markel was shot when Rivera says he overheard her telling Garcia "I know," at about 12:30 that day....
I went back and looked, the first mention we made of the shooting, arguably one of the first, was in a story posted @TDOnline
at 12:55 the day Markel was killed.
Our first social media post was at 1:54 p.m.
Neither mentioned Markel
Kawass wraps up: "Justice for Dan Markel is not convicting an innocent person of this crime... She’s innocent."
Cappleman: "How many coincidence does it take for it to no longer be a coincidence?"
"No amount of explanations and excuses for the evidence can change it."
"This is what this case is about. Find her guilty," Cappleman says, holding up a photo of Markel. That's it for closing arguments, Jurors will begin deliberations now
7:46 PM · May 27, 2022·
[me: that 7:46pm is MY time (EET) - so ET time would be - 12:46pm.
link: https://twitter.com/KarlEtters
