Background

Early on Friday July 29th, 2022 Katie Magbanua was sentenced for the murder of Daniel Markel.

A jury conviction that occurred on May 27th, 2022 preceded her sentencing.

 

Participants

Name List

1. Daniel Markel
   • Shelly Markel ( Sister )
2. Wendi Adelson
   • Family
     • Charlie Adelson ( Brother )
     • Donna Adelson ( Mother )
     • Harvie Adelson ( Father )
   • Friend
     • Jeffrey Lacasse ( Wendi Adelson – Ex-Boyfriend )
3. Katie Magbanua
   • Baby Mama of Sigfredo Garcia
   • Dated Charlie Adelson ( Previously )
4. Sigfredo Garcia
5. Luis Rivera
   • Friend of Sigfredo Garcia
6. State Prosecutor
   • Georgia Cappleman ( Assistant State Attorney – Prosecutor )
7. Defense Attorney
   • Tara Kawass ( Katie Magbanua – Defense Attorney )
   • Chris DeCoste ( Katie Magbanua – Defense Attorney )
8. Judge
   • Circuit Judge Robert Wheeler

Portrait

Lineage

1. Daniel Markel:- Laying Down
   Date Published:- 2021-July-30th
   Link
2. Daniel Markel:- Laying Down – Update ( 2022 – April )
   Date Published:- 2022-April-22nd
   Link
3. Daniel Markel:- Laying Down – Katherine Magbanua – Trial #2
   Date Published:- 2022-May-19th
   Link
4. Daniel Markel:- Laying Down – Katherine Magbanua – Trial #2 – Day 7th – Testimonies – Katherine Magbanua
   Date Published:- 2022-May-26th
   Link
5. Daniel Markel:- Laying Down – Katherine Magbanua – Trial #2 – Closing Arguments
   Date Published:- 2022-May-27th
   Link
6. Daniel Markel:- Laying Down – Katherine Magbanua – Verdict
   Date Published:- 2022-May-27th
   Link

Videos

Friday 2022-July-29th

Court Room Recording

Katherine Magbanua

Tallahassee Democrat

1. Katherine Magbanua reacts to receiving life sentence in Dan Markel murder
   • Profile
     • Circuit Judge Robert Wheeler sentenced Katherine Magbanua to life in prison plus two additional 30-year sentences to run consecutively for her role in the murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel.
     • Markel’s sister Shelly Markel gave a victim impact statement in which she recounted their childhood together, growing up and starting their own families.
     • She said she was saddened that her brother wouldn’t be there for those moments in the future.
   • Videos
     • Video #1
       Channel:- Tallahassee Democrat
       Date Published:- 2022-July-29th
       Date Added:- 2022-July-29th
       Link
   • Participants
     • Katherine Magbanua

Law & Crime Network

1. Woman Convicted in Murder of FSU Law Professor Sentenced to Life in Prison
   • Profile
     • Katherine Magbanua, the woman convicted in the 2014 murder of FSU law professor Dan Markel, was sentenced to life in prison without parole plus two additional 30-year sentences.
   • Videos
     • Video #1
       Channel:- Law & Crime Network
       Date Published:- 2022-July-29th
       Date Added:- 2022-July-29th
       Link
   • Participants
     • Katherine Magbanua
     • Victim
       • Shelly Markel
         • J.D. MBA
         • Toronto, Canada

Post Trial Conversation

Katherine Magbanua

Deep Dive True Crime

1. Exclusive Interview of Defense Attorney Tara Kawass post-Magbanua-sentencing (Dan Markel case)
   • Profile
     • Tara Kawass discusses the case, the murder of Dan Markel, and her thoughts on the future of client Katherine Magbanua.
   • Videos
     • Video #1
       Channel:- Deep Dive True Crime
       Date Published:- 2022-July-29th
       Date Added:- 2022-July-29th
       Link
   • Participants
     • Tara Kawass
   • Spoken On
     • Charles Adelson

Videos

Friday 2022-July-29th

Court Room Recording

Katherine Magbanua

Deep Dive True Crime

Exclusive Interview of Defense Attorney Tara Kawass post-Magbanua-sentencing (Dan Markel case)

1. Katherine Magbanua
   • Public Defender
     • She needs a public defender
     • She has been indigent
   • Appeals
     • It will be very difficult to win this case on an appeal
     • Harder than gaining an acquittal in a jury verdict is overturning a case in an appeals proceeding
   •  Covid
     • Katherine is not the same person from the first trial
     • She has had Covid twice
   • State of Mind
     • At the time of sentencing she has been in Jail for 6 years
   • Juror
     • The juror reached a verdict and returned to the court room
     • As the juror refused to make eye contact with her
     • We knew we had lost the case
     • We knew she would be found guilt
2. Juror
   • The juror did a very job
   • The juror was very methodical
3. Charles Adelson
   • As a defense, we believe that Charlie Adelson was behind all of this
4. Wendi Adelson
   • Wendi Adelson lied to the court about wanting to have the grand parents involved in the children’s lives

Loving Memory

In loving memory of Daniel Markel.