***GUILTY*** Mark Sievers - APPEALS HIS DEATH SENTENCE Oct 13 2025 *appeal denied February 2026*

[Niner]

Have the written arguments been released,

No updates since my last post (#77) above.

 

[SeesSeas]

https://www.news-press.com/story/news/crime/2025/12/02/mark-sievers-appeal-judge-extends-closing-arguments-deadline/87548054007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z11xx83p119750c119750d00----v11xx83&gca-ft=64&gca-ds=sophi

Judge grants more time for closing arguments in Mark Sievers appeal

A circuit court judge granted both sides 30 more days to file their closing arguments in Mark Sievers' conviction and death sentence appeal.

www.usatoday.com

Judge grants more time for closing arguments in Mark Sievers appeal​

Mark Sievers' counsel cited time constraints with a separate impending execution.​

Dec. 2, 2025, 3:07 p.m. ET
A judge is allowing both sides more time to file their closing arguments in the appeal of a Bonita Springs man on death row for orchestrating his wife's murder.
[...]

 

[Niner]

https://www.news-press.com/story/news/crime/2025/12/02/mark-sievers-appeal-judge-extends-closing-arguments-deadline/87548054007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=false&gca-epti=z11xx83p119750c119750d00----v11xx83&gca-ft=64&gca-ds=sophi

Judge grants more time for closing arguments in Mark Sievers appeal

A circuit court judge granted both sides 30 more days to file their closing arguments in Mark Sievers' conviction and death sentence appeal.

www.usatoday.com

Judge grants more time for closing arguments in Mark Sievers appeal​

Mark Sievers' counsel cited time constraints with a separate impending execution.​

Dec. 2, 2025, 3:07 p.m. ET
A judge is allowing both sides more time to file their closing arguments in the appeal of a Bonita Springs man on death row for orchestrating his wife's murder.
[...]

Thank you for this update!

 

[joe jones]

I am still astonished that this hearing was held at all, it seems to me that the credibility of Mr 25 years must be in doubt, as he and the burner phones were the main testimony against him, and now the other co accused is saying Mr 25 years is solely responsible I guess the judiciary felt we must re-examine parts of the trial, and if it was conducted correctly, and if his counsel did a good job,

I thought Mr 25 years was a dreadful witness, when he testified at trial, if he is needed again state must prepare him better, that is if he he chooses to testify, the plea agreement will make very interesting reading, if they didn't include a clause where he is required to testify against his co accused anytime the state requires he may not wish to testify and remind everyone that he battered an innocent woman to death with a hammer in her own home,

 

[Niner]

Still no updates in the court site.

Last of my notes:
11/20/25 Docket Update: Order filed. Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle on Nov. 20 granted the extension & set a Jan. 15, 2026 deadline, giving both sides an extra 30 days, allowing both sides more time to file their closing arguments in the appeal of a Bonita Springs man on death row for orchestrating his wife's murder.

 

[SeesSeas]

https://www.news-press.com/story/news/crime/2026/01/21/closing-arguments-deadline-extended-in-mark-sievers-appeal/88267201007/

Judge grants second deadline extension in Mark Sievers death appeal​

A judge granted a second delay for both sides to file their closing arguments in Mark Sievers' death penalty appeal.
Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News​

Jan. 21, 2026, 11:54 a.m. ET
Just as the deadline passed, a circuit judge granted a second extension for lawyers to file closing arguments in the death penalty appeal of a Bonita Springs man who orchestrated his wife's murder.
[...]
The new deadline is 5 p.m. Jan. 26.

 

[Niner]

Docket updates:
Date Description Dkt# Pages
01/06/2026 Letter to Judge Filed 973 1 [letter from Mark to Judge]
link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=DCD77B8B-34AA-4BBF-B672-3801DE3CFD96.pdf

01/14/2026 Motion Filed 974 3 [State's unopposed Motion for Brief extension of Time for written closing arguments]
link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=B2CF1DAE-5CD4-462D-9ECB-0B8B6A5922B5.pdf

01/15/2026 Order Granting Motion Filed 975 2 [Granting State's motion]
link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=C65E0E9C-163A-4BFA-B35A-828B422AC670.pdf

link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/ViewCase

 

[Niner]

Just a docket update

Date Description Docket Number Pages
01/26/2026 Response Filed
State - Closing Agrument 976 62

01/26/2026 Response Filed
Defendant - Closing Argument 977 60

link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/ViewCase

 

[Niner]

Just a docket update

Docket Events:
Date Description Dkt# Pages
01/30/2026 Letter to Judge Filed [from Siervers] 978 4

link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/ViewCase

link to letter: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=901F3350-62BC-4D4D-96E3-E80D7D65740E.pdf

 

[Niner]

Just another docket update

Docket Events
Date Description Dkt# Pages
02/05/2026 Notice of Filing Filed 979 2
link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=4AB189FD-F386-479B-8764-B1F18E99489C.pdf

02/05/2026 Notice Filed 980 2
link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=F27B6467-670B-429C-BEBF-71DE56E30985.pdf


link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/ViewCase#

 

[Niner]

Docket Events:
Date Description Dkt# Pages
02/24/2026 Order Denying Motion for Post-Conviction Relief Filed 981 702

link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/ViewCase


The court site has not downloaded the document for the Order denying motion yet.

 

[joe jones]

Docket Events:
Date Description Dkt# Pages
02/24/2026 Order Denying Motion for Post-Conviction Relief Filed 981 702

link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/ViewCase


The court site has not downloaded the document for the Order denying motion yet.

Thanks for keeping us updated, glad to see he was denied, will be interesting to read when it gets uploaded

 

[Niner]

I shall post this now - so I can shorten it up a bit & move it to my "done shelf".

Tuesday, February 24th:
*Decision on Post Conviction Relief-DENIED! (@ am ET) – FL – Dr. Teresa Ann Grace Sievers (46) (June 29, 2015, Bonita Springs) – *Mark D. Sievers (48/now 57) arrested & charged (2/26/16) & indicted (5/4/16) with 1st degree premeditated murder & conspiracy to commit 1st degree premeditated murder. Plead not guilty. No bond. DA will seek DP. Lee County
Trial began on 11/12/19 with jury selection, opening statements started on 11/20. Trial expected to last 5 weeks. Jury: 9 women & 3 men, with 2 alternates (1 is a man). Trial ended on 12/4/19 with closing arguments & jury started deliberations. Deliberations took about 4 hours 10 minutes – GUILTY of 1st degree premeditated murder & conspiracy to commit 1st degree premeditated murder.
12/10/19: Jury took less than 3 hours to reach a verdict in the penalty phase – recommended & given death penalty sentence.
Appeal: 11/17/22: Appeal for new trial was denied. 2/10/25: Appeal for reconsideration was granted. Post conviction relief was denied [2/24/26].
Judge Bruce Kyle presiding. DA Hamid Hunter & Christina Pacheco & defense attorneys Megan Montagno, Julissa Fontan & John LoBianco.
Appeal: DA Christina Pacheco & defense attorney Erik Pinkerd.
Court info from 1/13/20 thru 10/13/25 reference post #57 here:
https://websleuths.com/threads/gui...-his-death-sentence-oct-13-2025.754760/page-3
10/14/25 Update: Day 2: Defense witnesses: Bonnie, Mark's mother. Jimmy Rodgers. Defense rested.
10/15/25 Docket update: Record of exhibit list file (not received). Defense formally rested & State rested. Written closing arguments in the case could be filed in the next 30 to 45 days.
10/13/25 Docket updates: Motion hearing Oral Motion to take judicial notice of 15-CF-000673A & 15-CF-000673B is Granted. Present With Attorney. Court minutes filed. 10/14/25 Docket updates: Motion hearing Post conviction motion-Reserves ruling. Present with attorney. See court minutes @ https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=97DED921-8387-4F90-834F-7DBAF46656D5.pdf. 10/15/25 Docket update: Record of Exhibit List filed.
10/30/25 Docket update: [967] Transcript filed. link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=68410B40-E0DB-446D-88D3-EDA13F3865DB.pdf 10/31/25 Docket update: [968] Transcript filed. link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=067ED5A4-4A0E-43D2-9844-387A5CA200B4.pdf
11/3/25 Docket update: [969] Order filed. [Order regarding written closing arguments by 12/15/25 by Judge Bruce Kyle]. link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=B25BE502-C861-47FB-9CC4-A5F94B4CF10C.pdf
11/7/25 Docket update: [970] Demand Filed [for additional public records]. link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=99C2B006-FED3-41CD-96F7-3373C81CCA68.pdf
11/19/25 Docket update: [971] Motion Filed [for extension of time for written closing arguments]. link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=9C9F80E2-D561-49A4-9A05-660A6D174753.pdf
11/20/25 Docket update: [971] Order Filed [Order adopting Defendant's motion for extension]. link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=919EB75D-EB61-4150-9DD7-325A8F74048F.pdf
11/20/25 Docket Update: [972]Order filed. Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle on Nov. 20 granted the extension & set a Jan. 15, 2026 deadline, giving both sides an extra 30 days, allowing both sides more time to file their closing arguments in the appeal of a Bonita Springs man on death row for orchestrating his wife's murder.
1/6/26 Docket update: [973] Letter to Judge filed by Sievers. link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=DCD77B8B-34AA-4BBF-B672-3801DE3CFD96.pdf 1/14/26 Docket update: [974] State's unopposed Motion for Brief extension of Time for written closing arguments. link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=B2CF1DAE-5CD4-462D-9ECB-0B8B6A5922B5.pdf 1/15/26 Docket update: [975] Order Granting State's Motion for extension filed; extended to 1/26/26. link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=C65E0E9C-163A-4BFA-B35A-828B422AC670.pdf
1/26/26 Docket update: [976] State's closing arguments filed. [977= Defense's closing arguments filed. 1/26/26 Docket update: [977] Defendant's closing argument response filed. 1/30/26 Docket update: [978] Letter to Judge filed from Sievers. link to letter: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=901F3350-62BC-4D4D-96E3-E80D7D65740E.pdf
2/5/26 Docket updates: [979] Notice of Filing filed. link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=4AB189FD-F386-479B-8764-B1F18E99489C.pdf
[980] Notice filed. link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/DocViewer?pdfName=F27B6467-670B-429C-BEBF-71DE56E30985.pdf
2/24/26 Docket update: [981] Order Denying Motion for Post-Conviction Relief filed.
*Jimmy Ray Rodgers (28/now 35) – Trial 10/23/19: Jury found Rodgers guilty of second degree murder, not guilty of conspiracy, guilty of trespassing. Motion for new trial-denied. 12/12/19: Sentenced to life without parole. 1/6/20: Filed an appeal on sentencing. Public defender Kathleen A. Smith. Appeal #2D20-0093
12/4/24 Docket update: Petitioner's petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel (Lombardo) is denied. 12/18/24 Docket update: Order for Dismissal of Appeal by Panel: White & Gannam, J.J., & B.D. Lambert, Associate Judge, concur.
*Curtis Wayne Wright, Jr. (41/now 57) - Took plea deal (2/26/16) plead guilty to 2nd degree murder; serving 25 years, waives all rights to appeal. Sentenced 2/10/20 Update: Victim impact statement: Mary Ann Groves (Teresa's mother). Wright is adjudicated guilty & sentenced to a 25-year prison term minus the time he already served. Wright is told to have no contact with the surviving family members of Teresa Sievers by the judge.

 

[Legally Bland]

Docket Events:
Date Description Dkt# Pages
02/24/2026 Order Denying Motion for Post-Conviction Relief Filed 981 702

link: https://matrix.leeclerk.org/Case/ViewCase


The court site has not downloaded the document for the Order denying motion yet.

It's available now, MS has had his appeal denied on all grounds. But I only skimmed it as it's 700 pages long.

 

[Legally Bland]

Court records show Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle on Feb. 24 denied the death sentence appeal in Mark Sievers' case. A Lee County jury in December 2019 convicted Mark Sievers, 57, of being a principal to commit first-degree murder with a firearm and conspiracy in the death of his wife, Dr. Teresa Sievers, 46.

Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle in 2020 sentenced Mark Sievers to death.

Mark Sievers' attorneys hoped Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle would overturn his conviction and death sentence with the appeal.

https://eu.news-press.com/story/news/crime/2026/02/24/judge-denies-mark-sievers-death-sentence-appeal/88846296007/

 

[SeesSeas]

https://matrix.leeclerk.org/

State of Florida vs Sievers, Mark D

03/06/2026	Motion for Rehearing Filed	982	5

DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
COMES NOW, the defendant, Mark Sievers, by and through undersigned counsel,
respectfully moves this Court, pursuant to Fla.R.Crim.Pro. 3.851(f)(7), for a rehearing. By this
motion, Mr. Sievers submits that the court has overlooked and/or misapprehended points of law
and facts critical to the resolution of the claims presented in his motion. In support thereof, Mr.
Sievers, through counsel, respectfully submits as follows:
[...]
Had Mr. Sievers’ jury heard from Mr. Rodgers, they would have been presented withreasonable alternative events that contradicted Mr. Wright and the State’s narrative. This wouldhave led to a different verdict and the lack of investigation prejudiced Mr. Sievers.
[...]

 

[Megnut]

https://matrix.leeclerk.org/

State of Florida vs Sievers, Mark D

03/06/2026	Motion for Rehearing Filed	982	5

DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR REHEARING
COMES NOW, the defendant, Mark Sievers, by and through undersigned counsel,
respectfully moves this Court, pursuant to Fla.R.Crim.Pro. 3.851(f)(7), for a rehearing. By this
motion, Mr. Sievers submits that the court has overlooked and/or misapprehended points of law
and facts critical to the resolution of the claims presented in his motion. In support thereof, Mr.
Sievers, through counsel, respectfully submits as follows:
[...]
Had Mr. Sievers’ jury heard from Mr. Rodgers, they would have been presented withreasonable alternative events that contradicted Mr. Wright and the State’s narrative. This wouldhave led to a different verdict and the lack of investigation prejudiced Mr. Sievers.
[...]

Here's an idea, Mr. Sievers -- yeah, no.