GUILTY Fl - Dan Markel, 41, Fsu Law Professor, Tallahassee, 18 July 2014 - #5 *arrests*

[SeesSeas]

Public records received today from Leon County Jail -
GARCIA, SIGFREDO - LCJ Canteen, Visitation 6/1/2016-4/20/2017
See image files at this link: https://pdf2jpg.net/convert.php#.WPlPXojyu1s
I received the pages in PDF format, including that Page 7 is upside down.
I couldn’t get the images to load on imgur.com, which is where KM’s document file was linked.
http://imgur.com/a/5ZX0L

Hopefully this works. Not having a fun time with IT today.
I’m open to suggestions about free image hosting including PDF to JPG conversion and upload.

 

[SeesSeas]

Per Leon County Jail public records for SG – nothing significant. . .
https://pdf2jpg.net/convert.php#.WPlU9YgrK1t
He has had 2 visitors - brother and sister-in-law on 11/30/2016.
PHONE TIME PURCHASE - Nothing listed.
He spends an average of $11 per day on FOOD FEES and Commissary Purchases.
Some minor MEDICAL payments for Rx and DENTAL XRAY.

 

[Carol2]

Seas, thanks for the document acquisition. Unfortunately, neither of the Sigfredo Garcia document links that you provided in your two posts above, works. They both lead to a PDF-to-JPG converter site, awaiting a file selection. Hope you'll retry and post again.

 

[SeesSeas]

Seas, thanks for the document acquisition. Unfortunately, neither of the Sigfredo Garcia document links that you provided in your two posts above, works. They both lead to a PDF-to-JPG converter site, awaiting a file selection. Hope you'll retry and post again.

Unfortunately, I’m not having success uploading SG’s documents. The pdf2jpg.net was a temporary storage site which expired after a few hours. I’m not able to get imgur.com to work for me in the manner that I uploaded KM’s documents. I keep getting an error message “Your Image Failed To Upload”.
I tried uploading KM’s documents again and that works, but SG’s documents don’t upload. Grrrr….

 

[GordonX]

I comprehend better now. Thank you. It could work with the least educated and biased jury member. As soon as ABC flips and says something to the effect of XYZ told me to push the button on him so that RST will give 15K, the game is over.

IMO -

no. if SG (and KM) ultimately flip, CA can argue that the only reason he/they are flipping is to save his/their own hides and to cut sweet deals with the state like LR did.

 

[Montrealaise]

IMO -

no. if SG (and KM) ultimately flip, CA can argue that the only reason he/they are flipping is to save his/their own hides and to cut sweet deals with the state like LR did.

I doubt that SG will flip. From what I've seen, he never had any direct contact with the A`s; all of the communication went through KM. Didn`t he tell the jailhouse informant that he wasn't going to let his lady take the rap for something he did? I don't think he'll rat on her, even at the risk of being convicted of first degree murder, partly because he loves her, partly because of his macho belief that real men protect their women.

 

[Gaius]

For the cause 37 2016 CF 001581 A - STATE OF FLORIDA vs GARCIA, SIGFREDO, the charge is 782.04 1A1 HOMICIDE-WILFUL KILL MURDER PREMEDITATED, 1st degree
https://cvweb.clerk.leon.fl.us/publ...p?report=full_view&caseid=0&jiscaseid=1119072

There was a PRE-TRIAL CASE MANAGEMENT on 4/3/2017 with COURT MINUTES. I wonder are these GARCIA court minutes in the public domain?

Next PRE-TRIAL CASE MANAGEMENT for GARCIA is for 6/5/2017 at 10:30 AM before judge HANKINSON. Why does it take SO MUCH TIME to move ALONG Garcia’s case?

For the cause 37 2016 CF 003036 A - STATE OF FLORIDA vs MAGBANUA, KATHERINE D, the charge is also 782.04 1A1 HOMICIDE-WILFUL KILL MURDER PREMEDITATED 1st degree
https://cvweb.clerk.leon.fl.us/publ...p?report=full_view&caseid=0&jiscaseid=1129969

There was also a lot OF movements on 4/3/2017:

4/3/2017 CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE SET E-FILED: CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE SET: 05/05/2017 08:30AM /ROOM# 3A
4/3/2017 MENTAL HEALTH HEARING SET: MENTAL HEALTH HEARING SET: 05/05/2017 08:30AM /ROOM# 3A
4/3/2017 NOTICE OF HEARING Notice of Hearing
Which of these Magbanua’s court documented events has public domain materials?

Her next PRE TRIAL CASE MANAGEMNT is 05/05/2017 08:30AM /ROOM# 3A before Judge Hankinson.

I wonder what is the rational of Magbanua’s hearing 5/5/2017 one month before Garcia’s hearing 6/5/2017?

May be Magbanua is the key for convicting Garcia?

For the cause 37 2016 CF 001581 B - STATE OF FLORIDA vs RIVERA, LUIS M, the charge is 782.04 1A1 HOMICIDE-WILFUL KILL MURDER PREMEDITATED but 2nd degree
On 4/6/2017, Judge HANKINSON denied Rivera’s request for money “ORDER DENYING DEFENDANTS MOTION TO INCUR COSTS FOR MITIGATION SPECIALIST”. It appears

RIVERA is still planning to mitigate his punishment. Why is RIVERA’s case still so active?

Isn’t it done deal that he has been sentenced?
May be the judge HANKINSON is overwhelmed by work load or other burdens, making the cases SLOW and denying the victim’s family the justice.

The news media:
By: WCTV Eyewitness News
April 3, 2017
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) -- Sigfredo Garcia, the accused triggerman in the murder of Florida State University professor Dan Markel, was in court on Monday morning for a status hearing. The judge immediately rescheduled the hearing for later this month, saying he needs more time to consider evidence. Garcia is one of three people accused in the murder-for-hire killing back in 2014. Garcia's girlfriend, Katherine Magbanua, is also named as a suspect. Luis Rivera, another suspect in the case, accepted a plea deal and is serving 19 years in prison.
Garcia is facing the death penalty.

http://www.wctv.tv/content/news/Trial-delayed-for-accused-triggerman-in-Markel-murder-397321961.html

 

[Indy Anna]

I doubt that SG will flip. From what I've seen, he never had any direct contact with the A`s; all of the communication went through KM. Didn`t he tell the jailhouse informant that he wasn't going to let his lady take the rap for something he did? I don't think he'll rat on her, even at the risk of being convicted of first degree murder, partly because he loves her, partly because of his macho belief that real men protect their women.

If SG doesn't plan on implicating KM, and doesn't have direct knowledge of CA's involvement, why isn't he pleading guilty? If he pleads guilty now to spare KM, and insists she had no foreknowledge of the hit, how would he be tied to DM's murder if he had no connection to CA? Would he owe the prosecutor and judge an explanation of how he drove 500 miles to target DM, a man he apparently didn't know?

Is SG's best strategy to plead not guilty in hopes he'll be found NG in a trial? But, how would that vindicate KM? She has already been linked to DM by LR, who has confessed and linked KM via the A's. Yet, if a court of law finds LR believable because he's aware of the connection between KM and the A's, then why wouldn't a court of law find LR believable when he confesses that he and SG committed the crime since he's aware of the connection between SG and KM, and between KM and the A's?

Whenever I think about the possible scenarios, I end up thinking in a circular reasoning pattern like this. :help:

 

[GordonX]

If SG doesn't plan on implicating KM, and doesn't have direct knowledge of CA's involvement, why isn't he pleading guilty? If he pleads guilty now to spare KM, and insists she had no foreknowledge of the hit, how would he be tied to DM's murder if he had no connection to CA? Would he owe the prosecutor and judge an explanation of how he drove 500 miles to target DM, a man he apparently didn't know?

Is SG's best strategy to plead not guilty in hopes he'll be found NG in a trial? But, how would that vindicate KM? She has already been linked to DM by LR, who has confessed and linked KM via the A's. Yet, if a court of law finds LR believable because he's aware of the connection between KM and the A's, then why wouldn't a court of law find LR believable when he confesses that he and SG committed the crime since he's aware of the connection between SG and KM, and between KM and the A's?

Whenever I think about the possible scenarios, I end up thinking in a circular reasoning pattern like this. :help:

IMO -

1. SG might not be pursuing a plea deal PRECISELY BECAUSE of the fact that he doesn't want to implicate KM. SG can't get a plea deal without implicating KM because the state would never accept it. the state will only accept it if SG agrees to be 100% truthful about the entire plot and ALL of the participants with no omissions. you can't get a deal by agreeing to just tell part of the truth - especially in a conspiracy case - you have to tell the WHOLE truth.
2. SG's defense will be the SODDI Defense ("Some Other Dude Did It") - perhaps blame it on LR?
3. KM's defense will be that she's just an innocent victim of an overzealous prosecution.
4. CA's defense will be that SG (or LR) heard of DM through KM second-hand and thus acted on his own without CA's consent or knowledge in order to ingratiate himself with CA. money was only paid because he was in fear for his life.
5. remember that all of these defense strategies will be argued independently of each other in each case so they don't have to match up.

 

[Razz]

IMO -

1. SG might not be pursuing a plea deal PRECISELY BECAUSE of the fact that he doesn't want to implicate KM. SG can't get a plea deal without implicating KM because the state would never accept it. the state will only accept it if SG agrees to be 100% truthful about the entire plot and ALL of the participants with no omissions. you can't get a deal by agreeing to just tell part of the truth - especially in a conspiracy case - you have to tell the WHOLE truth.
2. SG's defense will be the SODDI Defense ("Some Other Dude Did It") - perhaps blame it on LR?
3. KM's defense will be that she's just an innocent victim of an overzealous prosecution.
4. CA's defense will be that SG (or LR) heard of DM through KM second-hand and thus acted on his own without CA's consent or knowledge in order to ingratiate himself with CA. money was only paid because he was in fear for his life.
5. remember that all of these defense strategies will be argued independently of each other in each case so they don't have to match up.

I don't see any of these 4 scenarios being realistic.

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[GordonX]

I don't see any of these 4 scenarios being realistic.

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1. Realistic that they attempt them or realistic that they win?
2. So what are their defenses then?

 

[Razz]

1. Realistic that they attempt them or realistic that they win?
2. So what are their defenses then?

Unrealistic if they attempt and no way they will win if they do.

Quite frankly, I don't see any reasonable or believable defenses for any of them.

Their (KM and SG) best bet is to make a deal and spill. Otherwise it will be the needle.


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[Deleted member 173651]

Their (KM and SG) best bet is to make a deal and spill. Otherwise it will be the needle.

KM is not facing the death penalty.

 

[Razz]

KM is not facing the death penalty.

Well then, it will be the bars. As in steel.

Also, if she really wants to come up with an alternate defense strategy she should consider Jose Baez.

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[GordonX]

to play devil's advocate -

i think CA can argue that - "yes, i bought KM a boob job and yes i gave her a bunch of money. so what? i was dating her at the time! of course i would do that - lots of boyfriends do! what she did with the money i can't be responsible for. did she give some to her baby daddy to help him out? maybe. but i had no connection to that decision. i just gave her some money to help her out."

the defense attorneys all have a hard job ahead of them but so does the state! i don't believe any of the remaining players will be pleading guilty and thus they need a defense strategy along with possibly alternate theories as to what could've happened. i think the defense strategies i listed are the best choices of a bunch of ugly choices. you don't get to litigate the case you want you have to litigate the case you've got. will they be effective? who knows? look at O.J., Casey Anthony, etc. anything is possible.

 

[Gaius]

Despite the materials in the public domain that allude to probable cause, and strong statements from the police jurisdictions and the Adelson’s, this case appears to fold without the main characters who commandeered the hit. JMHO.
For e.g., from here http://people.com/crime/dan-markel-florida-shooting-5-things/ I list only two items but the link gives you more:
1--Ex-Wife (Wendi Adelson) Introduced the Idea of Her Family’s Involvement
After police picked up Adelson to inform and question her about the shooting, “She had said that someone may have done this for her benefit without her knowledge,” Tallahassee police detective Craig Isom testified during a hearing in December.
“She made the statement that her brother had joked the previous summer about hiring a hit man but instead decided to buy her a television,” Isom said.
2. Police: Family Conflict Allegedly ‘Motive for This Murder’
Coupled with the pressure placed on Wendi to move closer to her family, police outlined their theory in the May 2016 affidavit: “Investigators believe motive for this murder stemmed from the desperate desire of the Adelson family to relocate Wendi and the children to South Florida, along with the pending court hearing that might have impacted their access to the grandchildren.”
The Sigfredo Garcia’s probale cause outlines “Connection to Garcia” in its page 4 the web of relations among Sigfredo Garcia, Charlie (Wendi’s brother, which is perhaps Dr. Charles Adelson), and the cellphone used by Katherine Magbanua to have extended phone calls as “Charlie’s top contacts.”
I recall reading Dan Markel’s obituary in the Emmanuel College Magazine, Vol. XCVII (2014-2015) p. 208. Prior to the arrests of Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera. The original was from The New York Times (cf. below). I felt at that time that this case will be unsolved. Somehow, this morning, I feel the same way again. This case will fold without the main alleged characters by the Police theory, as the beneficiary of the contract killing, being taken to court.
“The affidavit further outlined investigators' theory that Markel's death was a contract killing, since neither of the accused knew Markel, and no property was taken. The motive was believed to be the desire of the family of Wendi Adelson, Markel's ex-wife, to allow her to relocate to the Miami area with the children. She had been granted 50-50 custody when the couple's acrimonious divorce had been finalized in 2013, when Markel had won an order prohibiting her from moving to Miami with the children. Markel filed a motion in 2014 that would have prohibited his mother-in-law from being alone and unsupervised with the children due to alleged disparaging remarks about their father. Investigators alleged Adelson's brother, who reportedly disliked Markel, was in a "personal relationship" with Garcia's ex-wife. Garcia's ex-wife was the first call Garcia dialed after Markel was murdered.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Markel
Bennett, Sherrie (May 25, 2016). "Probable Cause, Case 14-019848".

 

[Gaius]

DANIEL ERIC MARKEL (1996) died on 19 July 2014, as reported in The New York Times.
The NYT published the following obituary:
The police in Tallahassee, Florida, are investigating the killing of an internationally known criminal law professor. Dan Markel, 41, a professor at the Florida State University College of Law and a leader in the world of online legal scholarship, was shot Friday morning in his home in an upscale neighbourhood of Tallahassee. The police, responding to reports of shots fired, found him wounded in his home; he died Saturday at a hospital. On Monday, chief Michael DeLeo of the Tallahassee police called the death a murder, and the department issued a statement saying that there was no indication of a robbery and that ‘it appears at this time that Mr Markel was the intended victim in this incident’. The police have provided few details about the investigation and have opened a tip line requesting information from anyone who was in the neighborhood on Friday morning and might have seen anything that could help solve the case. At Florida State, where Professor Markel was the D’Alemberte Professor of Law, Dean Donald J Weidner issued a statement saying, ‘His contributions to the law school and broader legal community were pervasive and lasting’. His influence was felt far beyond Tallahassee, said Wayne A Logan, a fellow professor at the school. ‘In a really true sense he was a faculty member of the nation’s law schools – he reached out to so many people and so generously gave of his time and energy’, he said. Professor Markel helped build a network of legal scholarship and was a founder of PrawfsBlawg, which describes itself as being about ‘topics related to law and life’. Orly Lobel, who was one of ten professors who signed a statement mourning him on the blog, said his death has reverberated internationally, with emails and posts of disbelief circulating around the world. ‘It’s chilling’, she said. ‘I think we’re all just shaken.’ Professor Markel was raised in Toronto and studied politics and philosophy as an undergraduate at Harvard. He went on to undertake graduate studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Cambridge before getting a law degree at Harvard. He had also been a scholar in residence at New York University’s law school, in the school’s centre on the administration of criminal law, and spent much of his time in New York. Along with dozens of academic articles and popular essays in such publications as Slate, The Atlantic and The New York Times, he was an author of a 2009 book, Privilege or Punish: Criminal Justice and the Challenge of Family Ties. Last year, he was divorced from Wendi Jill Adelson, a clinical professor at Florida State law school’s public interest center. The couple had two boys.
© The New York Times 21 July 2014

 

[Gaius]

I wonder, are there steps to be made by Dr. Dan Markel’s family, the Police Department in Tallahassee, FL, or the victim’s former colleagues at the Florida State University College of Law, to help this case get more public attention?

 

[Razz]

I wonder, are there steps to be made by Dr. Dan Markel’s family, the Police Department in Tallahassee, FL, or the victim’s former colleagues at the Florida State University College of Law, to help this case get more public attention?

I think that the "slow downs" engineered by the defense, has put a damper on things. But not the public's interest in finding justice for Dan.

The two years that went by after the murder without any new info or arrests, and thinking the case had gone cold was over the day there was an arrest.

Interest is still high. Waiting is always the tough part.

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[Oregonmama]

Dan and his little boys need justice!