GUILTY FL - Dan Markel, 41, FSU Law Professor, Tallahassee, 18 July 2014 - #7 *arrests*

[Mariposa]

Kawass is better at cross examination than Zangeneh

 

[YESorNO]

Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
We're now looking at a letter that Rivera sent to ASA Cappleman in 2016. That letter discusses the plea deal that he made. He also requested being transferred to general population. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Karl Etters‏Verified account @KarlEtters 1h1 hour ago
Zangeneh shows two letters from Luis Rivera to Georgia Cappleman. One is about getting out of solitary


Julie Montanaro WCTV‏Verified account @JulieMontanaroW 1h1 hour ago
Defense now putting handwritten letter on big screen, Rivera writing prosecutor Georgia Cappleman saying “told you everything you wanted to know,” asking to get out of confinement cell and into “general population” @WCTV

Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 1h1 hour ago
Rivera is now seeing a letter that he wrote to ASA Cappleman. A lot of grammatical errors on it by the way. "Thank U" spells Cappleman "CAppleman" Please is spelled "PLEASA" He says somebody wrote the letter and he re-wrote it.

So that it was his handwriting.


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
The letter says Rivera told the state everything they needed to know to "break the case", but he was put in confinement for helping the government. He says he never sent it to his attorney. It went straight from him to Cappleman. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Rivera said someone wrote the letter for him, but he rewrote it in his own handwriting. He says he can't read it because he didn't write. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 1h1 hour ago
Rivera was asked to read the letter Zangeneh.
Judge tells him to put the letter down and move on. That the letter is already in evidence. Judge Hankinson raised his voice, seems tired of the line of questioning that Zangeneh is asking.


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Judge Hankinson has raised his voice at Zangeneh multiple times today. Usually, it's telling him to move on. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
"Move on to something new, Mr. Zangeneh."- Judge Hankinson #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 1h1 hour ago
Judge asks Zangeneh to move onto something new. He is asking questions about when Rivera rented the car. Other questions about when they were in Tallahassee.



Karl Etters‏Verified account @KarlEtters 58m58 minutes ago
Asked whether the day Markel was killed was another surveillance day, Rivera replies "It's just another day."

 

[YESorNO]

Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 1h1 hour ago
Rivera: "My life is in jeapordy even worse now." Rivera has stated multiple times Latin Kings want to kill him. Zangeneh continues to bring the LK's up making Rivera have to speak about things he or the gang does. Yesterday Zangeneh asked him where he is being housed at.


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
"My life is in jeopardy now." Zangeneh brought up the Latin Kings yet again and Rivera yet again telling him to stop bringing it up. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 1h1 hour ago
Zangeneh asked if it was Garcia or another Latin King that drove from Miami to Tallahassee with Rivera. That's when Rivera told him to stop talking about the gang. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 1h1 hour ago
Judge Hankinson calls for a sidebar. This is after Zangeneh continues asking questions about the trip that Rivera and Garcia made to Tallahassee and who was in the car with them, if anyone.


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 1h1 hour ago
Judge Hankinson is letting Zangeneh know he can not look at Garcia for confirmation that Rivera's answer are correct. Expecially not in front of the jury.


Karl Etters‏Verified account @KarlEtters 42m42 minutes ago
"The government sought to ask a jury for the death penalty. To put you to death,"Zangeneh asks.
"As a result of your plea you received a charge of second degree murder. Your concern about the death penalty was something you no longer had to be concerned about."
yes sir


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 47m47 minutes ago
Katherina Magbanau's attorney, Tara Kawass is now questioning Luis Rivera. First questions are about how close he and Sigfredo Garcia are. He mentions they attended school and knew one another since they were 5. Says he only knows Katherine through Garcia.


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 46m46 minutes ago
Tara Kawass and Chris DeCoste are now questioning Luis Rivera. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Julie Montanaro WCTV‏Verified account @JulieMontanaroW 45m45 minutes ago
Magbanua’s attorney now asking Rivera questions, confirms he’s known Sigfredo Garcia since he was 5 or 6 years old @WCTV


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 45m45 minutes ago
Luis Rivera says he was not close with Katherine Magbanua and only hung out with her when she was with Garcia. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Julie Montanaro WCTV‏Verified account @JulieMontanaroW 42m42 minutes ago
“He’s a good father,” Rivera says of Garcia after his break up with Magbanua. Q: He didn’t abandon his kids? A: “Never.” Q: Family comes first, right? A: “Always.” @WCTV


Julie Montanaro WCTV‏Verified account @JulieMontanaroW 36m36 minutes ago
Rivera says he got Garcia a job at the masonry company where he worked, but had to fire him for drinking on the job @WCTV


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 41m41 minutes ago
Rivera had a job that he held for 15 years. He says he even got Garcia a job at the same place, but he had to fire Garcia for drinking on the job. That happened in between the two trips to Tallahassee. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27

 

[YESorNO]

Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 51m51 minutes ago
Rivera admits that even after Garcia and Magbanua were broken up they were in constant communication. Mainly so that Garcia could watch/see his kids. Rivera says Garcia was selling cocaine and also using.


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 44m44 minutes ago
Rivera had to fire Garcia from a job he helped him get because Garcia was drinking on the job. This was after they'd come back from Tallahassee in June before they went back to kill Dan Markel.


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 42m42 minutes ago
Rivera knew Katherine Magbanua was working for Charlie Adelson. He admits Garcia was angry that the mother of his kids was dating Adelson. He says Garcia and he sat outside of a restaurant watching Magbanua and Adelson eating. Garcia was upset and said he wanted to run them over.


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 42m42 minutes ago
Says he eventually talked him out of it.


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 37m37 minutes ago
Rivera says he remembers Garcia picking him up and taking them to a restaurant where Magbanua and Charlie Adelson were having dinner. Rivera said Garcia made comments about running them over with his truck. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Julie Montanaro WCTV‏Verified account @JulieMontanaroW 39m39 minutes ago
Rivera said he had to take time off work to come to Tallahassee to kill Dan Markel @WCTV


Julie Montanaro WCTV‏Verified account @JulieMontanaroW 37m37 minutes ago
Rivera referred to Charlie Adelson as Magbanua’s “boss,” and said Garcia was very jealous of their relationship @WCTV


Julie Montanaro WCTV‏Verified account @JulieMontanaroW 34m34 minutes ago
Rivera now answering questions about the day the FBI came to federal prison to question him about Markel’s murder @WCTV


Julie Montanaro WCTV‏Verified account @JulieMontanaroW 27m27 minutes ago
“Everything was recorded to my knowledge,” Rivera said as he answers questions about meetings/interviews w/ prosecutors and law enforcement in the summer of 2016 @WCTV


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 40m40 minutes ago
Rivera has 5 kids, one of which was born in between the time of the first trip to Tallahassee and the last.


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 34m34 minutes ago
Rivera had a daughter a couple of weeks before Markel was killed. He has 5 kids in all. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 37m37 minutes ago
The state was seeking the death penalty against Luis Rivera. But he took a plea deal instead, that added 7 years to his time behind bars.


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 31m31 minutes ago
Kawass (Magbanua's attorney) is now going through a timeline of Rivera's interviews. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Karl Etters‏Verified account @KarlEtters 34m34 minutes ago
Aug. 8, 2016 statement, a few months after state's theory is out, was like a "Tennis match" where information was asked of Rivera then through his attorneys given to police


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 29m29 minutes ago
Oct. 1, 2016, after Rivera named Garcia as the shooter he was offered a plea cooperation deal of 19 years.


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 25m25 minutes ago
Kawass is going over details about when he found out about the murder. Different testimonies he gave show he found out while in Miami, then on the way up, another says it was when he was in Tallahassee.


Julie Montanaro WCTV‏Verified account @JulieMontanaroW 26m26 minutes ago
Rivera testifies state wanted to offer him a 25 year plea deal, he asked for 15 years, ultimately agreed to 19 year plea deal @WCTV


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 18m18 minutes ago
Kawass now reading through statements that Rivera made in an attempt to say he's inconsistent. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Julie Montanaro WCTV‏Verified account @JulieMontanaroW 16m16 minutes ago
Defense pointing out Rivera has different details in different statements ... including about who “financed” the plot. Katherine Magbanua or “the lady” @WCTV


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 15m15 minutes ago
Kawass says Rivera said Garcia drove the entire way from Miami to Tallahassee. She says that changed yesterday when the state showed him a speeding ticket he got in Gainesville. Rivera says he was confused and got the two trips mixed up. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27

 

[WatchingSouth]

It is hot in that courtroom because THE HEAT IS ON!

 

[clearskies1]

Kawass is better at cross examination than Zangeneh

She's very good at cross.

 

[TTF14]

Omg this is getting tedious. Cross-referencing every word he said in every deposition trying to find the slightest discrepancy to prove LR is a liar.....this is their entire defense.

 

[YESorNO]

Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 22m22 minutes ago
On 9.30 you referred to her as the woman with 2 kids that wanted her husband killed, then 10.4 you said Sigfredo has never said her name. Then on 11.29 he said Garcia told him the money came from Wendi.

Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 22m22 minutes ago
Also says in one instance Markel drove the entire distance from Miami to Tallahassee. But once he was shown a ticket he received in Gainesville he changed his story, saying they took turns.


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 19m19 minutes ago
Now we are seeing if Rivera remembers if apicture he was shown of Dan Markel on the drive up was in color or black&white. He says he can't remember and that he told detectives it was one or the other. But in March he told Kawass during a deposition that it was probably in color.


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 16m16 minutes ago
There's a white board in the courtroom to showcase the inconsistencies between Rivera's many interviews. They're even going over Rivera saying a picture was black and white in one interview and in color in another. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 9m9 minutes ago
"That's my best friend, so I took the ride with him." Rivera talking about his decision to go to Tallahassee with Sigfredo Garcia. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Julie Montanaro WCTV‏Verified account @JulieMontanaroW 11m11 minutes ago
Rivera said the gun used to kill Dan Markel was one he “bought on the corner’ @WCTV


Karl Etters‏Verified account @KarlEtters 11m11 minutes ago
Rivera said the gun he bought on the corner in Miami, and the bullets he bought, were the ones that killed Markel


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 7m7 minutes ago
Rivera says these testimonies might be worded differently, but his story has never changed. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Julie Montanaro WCTV‏Verified account @JulieMontanaroW 8m8 minutes ago
“No, I didn’t change nothing,” Rivera said about claims he’s changing his story @WCTV


Karl Etters‏Verified account @KarlEtters 4m4 minutes ago
This is tough to live Tweet but Kawass is basically going word by word through the different statements Rivera gave and the discrepancies in each. She presses Rivera about changes in his story “No. I didn’t change nothing”


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 4m4 minutes ago
Rivera said he remembers telling Kawass during deposition that Garcia may have taken another trip to Tallahassee with a Latin King. Kawass asks why he never brought it up again. Rivera says because it didn't involved him and because no one asked. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 3m3 minutes ago
Kawass is holding Rivera to each word he has used in his 8 depositions. Each thing that isn't the same she is saying he changed his story. He implies the words may be different but the meaning is the same.


Karl Etters‏Verified account @KarlEtters 3m3 minutes ago
She questions him on:

When he learned it was a trip for murder
Who paid for it
Photo of Markel # of guns Masks and hoodies brought The owl on Instagram
A third trip to Tallahassee


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 3m3 minutes ago
He is being asked to repeat events that took place 5 years ago. After being asked multiple times. Kawass is using the differences in those testimonies to paint the picture to the jury that Rivera is either lying, or doesn't have good enough memory to be a credible source.

 

[rgrene]

Omg this is getting tedious. Cross-referencing every word he said in every deposition trying to find the slightest discrepancy to prove LR is a liar.....this is their entire defense.

Yep. But if I'm on the jury, they haven't changed my mind.

 

[Mariposa]

Omg this is getting tedious. Cross-referencing every word he said in every deposition trying to find the slightest discrepancy to prove LR is a liar.....this is their entire defense.

Too bad there are pictures and records that are consistent with much of what he says

 

[YESorNO]

Law & Crime Network‏Verified account @LawCrimeNetwork 16m16 minutes ago
#MarkelMurder - Co-defendant Katherine Magbanua enters the courtroom following the morning the break.

(video clip: Law & Crime Network on Twitter )

 

[YESorNO]

WTXL ABC 27‏Verified account @abc27 5m5 minutes ago
MARKEL TRIAL UPDATE: Court is now in a lunch break and will resume at 1pm. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL

 

[dixiegirl1035]

I guess from today's testimony and arguments by the defense attorney why they moved motel rooms...they pulled out one of the guns on four guys, one that had a tattoo of a rival gang, and made them strip!

Since it's not part of the trial I guess we'll never hear the rest of that story.

Nor may we ever hear the story of the third trip to Gainesville that Garcia made?

 

[dixiegirl1035]

He "marked it" with tape! He did not make a Mark. I get it move on!!

 

[YESorNO]

Lunch break is over. Katherine Magbanua's attorney is back at the stand questioning Luis Rivera. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 55s55 seconds ago
Kawass is addressing more inconsistencies. For example, yesterday Rivera said he never counted the murder money. She says at an earlier deposition he said he did count it. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 2m2 minutes ago
Rivera said he kept the money in his pocket for fear of his live in girlfriend stealing it. #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams 15s15 seconds ago
"I know nothing but the truth. Everything that I say is the truth."- Luis Rivera #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Jada E. Williams‏ @JadaEWilliams now
"Do you remember what you had on Saturday? I don't remember what I had on."- Luis Rivera to Tara Kawass #MarkelMurderTrialWTXL @abc27


Blaise L Gainey‏ @BlaiseGainey 14s14 seconds ago
Rivera says he sometimes doesn't remember things that happened yesterday. He says it's some things he can't remember and that today when he leaves he will remember half of what was said.

 

[DropthePuck]

I hope KM's female attorney, Tara Kawass, does the cross of Rivera. The male attorney on the team is beyond annoying. His tone is brutal to listen to.

Yeah, I can't stand Lacoste's tone, it's very condescending. Though, he may just be one of those people who sound condescending even when he's talking about the weather. Either way, I usually mute him whenever he's doing the questioning. I'd make a terrible juror

 

[YESorNO]

This is so tedious...

 

[DropthePuck]

Wow, these questions are really bad and the judge is beating SG's attorney up in front of the jury. Maybe their strategy is to preserve an appeal based upon ineffective assistance of counsel.

Someone commented before that Garcia's attorney is expensive and known for making plea deals before trial. Maybe he makes so many plea deals because he sucks in the courtroom?? Who knows. He's highly annoying.

 

[YESorNO]

Karl Etters‏Verified account @KarlEtters 3m3 minutes ago
Rivera's nickname for Garcia in emails from federal prison: Ratatouille

Julie Montanaro WCTV‏Verified account @JulieMontanaroW 3m3 minutes ago
“There are some things I don’t remember. It happened five years ago,” Rivera says to defense questions @WCTV

 

[TTF14]

Nevermind