GUILTY FL - Dan Markel, 41, FSU Law Professor, Tallahassee, 18 July 2014 *arrests* #10

[Gardenista]

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[michelle2615111]

Had some free time of late and been thinking a lot about this case. In my opinion, they killed Danny because he was going to move to NY to be with Amy and there was a good shot he would be able to take the kids. When testifying, Wendi explained that Danny was never going to stay in Tally. Perhaps he had something on Wendi/her family which he thought he could leverage to get full custody. For example, drug dealing from the practice. I'm the daughter of a dentist. Dentists can do very well. But I think 2 million/year for a general dentist is VERY high. In order to do that well you'd need to have various associates and multiple practices.

 

[kay74]

Had some free time of late and been thinking a lot about this case. In my opinion, they killed Danny because he was going to move to NY to be with Amy and there was a good shot he would be able to take the kids. When testifying, Wendi explained that Danny was never going to stay in Tally. Perhaps he had something on Wendi/her family which he thought he could leverage to get full custody. For example, drug dealing from the practice. I'm the daughter of a dentist. Dentists can do very well. But I think 2 million/year for a general dentist is VERY high. In order to do that well you'd need to have various associates and multiple practices.

BBM: Wow this is new to me. I didn't think he would move out of Tally. You think the 2 million a year might have included their many property investments?

 

[Niner]

@Gardenista - can you access Leon County? If so, can you see if the 4/21 hearing has been reset to another date? TIA!
Too lazy to look back & see if you can...

 

[michelle2615111]

BBM: Wow this is new to me. I didn't think he would move out of Tally. You think the 2 million a year might have included their many property investments?

In her testimony she stated Tally was never a long term plan for Danny. He would move to a more prestigious university.

 

[kay74]

In her testimony she stated Tally was never a long term plan for Danny. He would move to a more prestigious university.

Thanx. Didn't know that.

 

[reallybusy]

Had some free time of late and been thinking a lot about this case. In my opinion, they killed Danny because he was going to move to NY to be with Amy and there was a good shot he would be able to take the kids. When testifying, Wendi explained that Danny was never going to stay in Tally. Perhaps he had something on Wendi/her family which he thought he could leverage to get full custody. For example, drug dealing from the practice. I'm the daughter of a dentist. Dentists can do very well. But I think 2 million/year for a general dentist is VERY high. In order to do that well you'd need to have various associates and multiple practices.

Not sure about Dan getting full custody, maybe tho. Who knows? We do know that the marriage was consumed by competition (maybe one side more than the other). Hostile and competitive - over time with the kids, accolades and the dividing of friends, colleagues, and acquaintances. They were both openly campaigning post-divorce per what's available to the public. So, it's two exes in a bitter battle regarding basically, everything. Who was winning at the time of the murder?

Possibly in the near future with split custody, the kids could be bouncing back and forth between very different worlds. Which life has a more prestigious "appearance"?

1) weekends on Uncle Charlie's jet ski, hot tub bravado and brunching at the Yardbird; OR
2) weekends in the Hamptons and croissants at Balthazar

You tell me how you think that scenario would go down with the A's. Compare WA and AA's resumes and tell me how you think certain egos were truly swallowing the comparison. Think about it.

Of course, this is just my theory and something I think may factor into all of this.

 

[ghibercz]

Had some free time of late and been thinking a lot about this case. In my opinion, they killed Danny because he was going to move to NY to be with Amy and there was a good shot he would be able to take the kids. When testifying, Wendi explained that Danny was never going to stay in Tally. Perhaps he had something on Wendi/her family which he thought he could leverage to get full custody. For example, drug dealing from the practice. I'm the daughter of a dentist. Dentists can do very well. But I think 2 million/year for a general dentist is VERY high. In order to do that well you'd need to have various associates and multiple practices.

I think it is VERY important to view Wendi's testimony with many grains of salt .... grains the size of Abrams tanks. She lied, under oath, dozens of times about everything from trivial things (not knowing how to spell the diminutive name she called Dan) to major things. For example, she testified that she was "relieved" when the courts ruled WITH PREJUDICE that she could NOT move to South Florida, despite that being her number one goal, and something she had poured massive efforts and money into attempting to achieve. It is in this view that her comments about Dan's "plan" or "desire" to leave Tallahassee should be viewed with extreme skepticism. By all accounts, he was very happy where he was for the foreseeable future. She was the very opposite of pleased to be in Tallahassee. (Queue another parallel here to Gone Girl, where Amy's character felt stifled and resentful about living beneath her status in a smaller town ....) Her goal in answering that question was to suggest to the jury that SHE liked their small town, but that HE thought he was too good for it. It was utter, manipulative, see-through crap.

That said ... your speculation that Dan had things on the family that he could use against them is entirely on point. From what I've read, there are things that he had on Wendi directly that could have gotten her disbarred ... and that's just for starters. So, yeah, I think it's fair to say that the timing of the murder was not inconvenient for the Adelsons avoiding many outcomes that they would have found unfavorable, if not downright "..... unpleasant ...."

 

[dotr]

David Lat, Eyeing Hospital Discharge, Talks About His Battle and Donating Blood to COVID-19 Research | New York Law Journal

April 15 2020

 

[Niner]

@dotr - I "see" you here - can you access Leon County? Just wondering if her hearing on 4/21 is still a "go"? I have no link or case #....

TIA if you can help me!

 

[oviedo]

Anyone know IF the Case Management hearing happened on 3/17?

I can't access the Leon court site - maybe I'll have to tag " @SeesSeas .....

Next hearing I have is on 4/9 and trial to start 4/13.

Most of our hearings are telephone now - I think this will be rescheduled and it looks like it’s cancelled and no one has updated the public docket that I’m finding
@Niner

 

[Niner]

Well, that is strange @oviedo - I have her on 4/21 for a hearing.

Here's what I have in my notes:

3/17/20 Update: Pretrial hearing has been moved to 4/21 and pretrial hearing on 4/9 cancelled. Trial on 4/13 has been continued, but no new trial date yet.

 

[oviedo]

Well, that is strange @oviedo - I have her on 4/21 for a hearing.

Here's what I have in my notes:

3/17/20 Update: Pretrial hearing has been moved to 4/21 and pretrial hearing on 4/9 cancelled. Trial on 4/13 has been continued, but no new trial date yet.

I just checked the non-public docket - looks like 6/2 for pre-trial hearing
https://cvweb.clerk.leon.fl.us/publ...p?report=full_view&caseid=0&jiscaseid=1129969
@Niner

PRETRIAL HEARING SET: (CANCELLED/REMOVED ON 04/14/2020 02:32:08 PM BY BAILEYTL) E-FILED: PRETRIAL HEARING SET: 06/02/2020 10:30AM /ROOM# 3A JIS

 

[Niner]

Much grass @oviedo !

 

[oviedo]

Much grass @oviedo !

I forgot - she has the solicitation and conspiracy cases as well -
MAGBANUA, KATHERINE D DEFENDANT 247204 1984 CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MURDER 02/07/2018 Open $0.00
2018 CF 000497 A001
MAGBANUA, KATHERINE D DEFENDANT 247204 1984 SOLICITATION TO COMMIT MURDER 02/07/2018 Open $0.00 2018 CF 000497 A002

 

[Russian Blue]

I fell out of the loop after following this from the beginning and I watched all of the court proceedings. Would someone tell me what the next trials are for? And for whom? Has there been anything new on prosecuting Wendi or anyone in her family? Thank you.

 

[Niner]

I fell out of the loop after following this from the beginning and I watched all of the court proceedings. Would someone tell me what the next trials are for? And for whom? Has there been anything new on prosecuting Wendi or anyone in her family? Thank you.

from my notes -

Re-Trial was set to begin 4/13/20 has been continued, no new date as of 4/17/20
Trial started on 9/23/19. Jury: 10 women & 2 men & 1 alternate (woman); was 2 alternates one (man) got sick & excused on 10/3/19. Jury Deliberations on 10/10/19: 4.5 hours. 10/11: 6.5 hours for guilty verdict on Garcia. Mistrial declared for Magbanua. (10-2 for guilty). Total 11 hours. Will remain in jail as a charged co-conspirator, and the State will try her case again.
Court info & trial from 9/23/19 thru 10/11/19 reference post #1546 here:
VERDICT WATCH - FL - Dan Markel, 41, FSU Law Professor, Tallahassee, 18 July 2014 - #8 *arrests*
10/17/19: Defense files witness list: Sigfredo Garcia.
10/22/19 Update: There are three legal options for Magbanua: Prosecutors can dismiss charges, they can offer a plea bargain Or head to a jury trial all over again. No plea deal, Next trial is April 13 with the same counsel for KM. Next are pretrial hearings on 3/17 and 4/9. Magbanua filed an application to be determined indigent (poor) for costs. She is asking for the Judicial Administration Commission to pay for her costs. If approved, then she could file motions for Court approval to hire experts, investigators, etc. - at the tax payers' expense.
1/23/20 Update: Defense motion for bail filed. Judge Hawkinson set a hearing for an hour for her pre-trial release motion on Feb 20 at 9 am. 1/31/20: Judge denies motion for bond. Judge Hawkinson set a hearing for an hour for her pre-trial release motion on Feb. 20 at 9 am. 2/2/20: No hearing - judge denied bond after scheduled hearing was set.
3/17/20 Update: Pretrial hearing has been moved to 4/21 and pretrial hearing on 4/9 cancelled. Trial on 4/13 has been continued, but no new trial date yet. 4/14/20 Update: Due to the coronavirus pretrial hearing on 4/21 has been rescheduled to 6/2.
Accomplices:
*Sigfredo Garcia (34) – 10/10/19: found guilty of 1st degree murder. Guilty of conspiracy. Not guilty of solicitation. Sentenced to LWOP for murder plus 30 years for conspiracy charge. 11/4/19: Motion to Withdraw as Counsel: Mauricio Padilla; Motion to Withdraw as Counsel: Saam Zangeneh
*Luis Rivera (33) charged with 1st degree murder. Took a plea deal (Oct. 2016) & plead guilty to 2nd degree murder. Will testify against Garcia & Magbanua. Will receive 19-year sentence to run concurrently with his 12 year Federal time, which he is already serving.
POIs: Wendi Adelson (ex-wife of Markel), her bro Charlie, mom Donna Sue Adelson (68) & father Harvey Adelson. Investigators have not charged anyone in the Adelson family in connection with Markel’s death, but say Adelson’s mother and brother – Donna and Charlie Adelson – paid $100,000 to have Markel killed following the couple’s contentious divorce so their two young sons could move to South Florida.

 

[Russian Blue]

Thank you so much, when I started to read to catch up I was confused that I had missed something that they were finally arresting Wendi. Crap. I am up to date.

 

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