phone records — Phone records for Garcia, Rivera, and Adelson family members were discussed in relation to call activity, cell-site location, and communications among Magbanua, Garcia, and Charles Adelson. Rivera agreed the records could be used to assess how long he stayed in Tallahassee, and Magbanua was questioned about records said to place her near a rental-car location.
GM4 mentionsCDR Rivera-Magbanua July 19, 2014 — During cross-examination, defense counsel represented that call-detail records showed Luis Rivera called Katherine Magbanua on July 19. Rivera denied it, and Craig Isom later testified, with a qualification about his recollection, that he believed Rivera had called her.
KM2 mentions"Outside your house" text message — The "outside your house" text message was discussed during redirect testimony about Donna Adelson's location. Corbitt said he believed the message indicated she was outside Charlie Adelson's house.
DA1 mention2011 Donna-to-Charlie text about office accounts and safe cash — In a 2011 message read by Mary Hull, Donna Adelson asked Charlie Adelson about transferring $25,000 between office accounts while moving the same amount of safe-held cash into Charlie's pile; Hull testified that Charlie replied, “no problem.”
DA1 mentionAdelson text message referencing taking Garcia 'deep sea fishing' — During cross-examination, counsel characterized an Adelson text message as saying someone wanted to take him deep-sea fishing; Magbanua agreed and said it did not mean a friendly fishing trip.
GM1 mentionApple records, one USB drive, one CD and one Blu-ray — Apple account details sent to the Tallahassee Police Department in response to a court order, preserved on a USB drive, CD, and Blu-ray. During a Day 4 procedural discussion, the State represented that the material had been included in the original 2016 discovery provided to the defense.
KM1 mentionCharles Adelson's iCloud records and text messages — Charles Adelson's iCloud records included text messages between Katherine Magbanua and Charles Adelson. During procedural argument, defense counsel sought to use portions of the records to impeach testimony about communications involving Garcia.
GM1 mentionCharlie Adelson iCloud Text Messages — On cross-examination, counsel described text messages about car repairs in which Charlie Adelson put the repairs on his credit card despite Katherine Magbanua telling him not to; Mary Hull agreed and said the charge could be seen on the card.
CA1 mentionCharlie Adelson's iCloud contents — Charlie Adelson's iCloud contents were obtained through a search warrant to Apple. The witness described an iCloud backup as potentially containing communications, location information, call logs, pictures, contacts, and other phone content, and said his review found no communication evidence between Charlie Adelson and Garcia or Rivera.
GM1 mentionCharlie–Magbanua car-repair text thread — Mary Hull described a November 2015 exchange in which Charlie Adelson continued offering to pay for Katherine Magbanua's car repairs by credit card; she also testified that his Amex records showed a $1,620.77 Mazda payment.
DA1 mentionCharlie–Magbanua cruise-offer text thread — Mary Hull described October 2015 messages in which Katherine Magbanua discussed a Thanksgiving trip with her mother and Charlie Adelson offered to get them a cruise.
DA1 mentioncomposite block of text messages — A composite collection of text messages offered by the defense to show Charlie Adelson's state of mind. The court sustained objections to the composite on hearsay, relevance, and confusion concerns, while permitting consideration of qualifying individual messages.
CA1 mentionDonna Adelson's emails and text messages — The communications include Donna Adelson's emails and text messages. A witness described reviewing an early group of emails after the relocation ruling and said the review did not include, or she did not recall, later relocation-related emails.
DA1 mentionDonna-Charlie texts (2016) — During argument, the State said 2016 text messages showed Donna Adelson's reaction to Charlie Adelson proposing another theory of Dan Markel's murder and argued that the reaction was inconsistent with believing she had been extorted for two years.
DA1 mentioniCloud iMessage thread (schedule context) — After reviewing a full text thread containing a “put me on the schedule” message, Craig Isom testified that the scheduling appeared to concern Katherine Magbanua arranging for Charlie Adelson to remove a wisdom tooth.
KM1 mentioniCloud text message stating "Outside your house" — The iCloud text message contains the words "Outside your house." Testimony explained that an iCloud-returned message would not be expected to include location information, and no location information was available for that message.
DA1 mentionInstagram account posts — Instagram account posts were reviewed to identify an exact day. The witness agreed that the posts provided a record of that date.
KM1 mentionLacasse-to-Charlie Text — Jeffrey Lacasse testified that he sent Charlie Adelson one text after meeting him and confirmed the message read by defense counsel, which thanked Adelson for his hospitality and said it was great to meet him.
CA1 mentionMay 13 text message from Katherine Magbanua to Sigfredo Garcia — The May 13 text message from Katherine Magbanua to Sigfredo Garcia referred to having Garcia's mechanic call her mechanic. Cross-examination addressed whether the text and related calls established Garcia's knowledge of a connection between the mechanic and Charlie Adelson.
GM1 mentionMay 4 text message — The May 4 text was sent to Donna Adelson at 2:09 a.m. in 2016 after an earlier demand for $5,000 received no payment. Oscar Jimenez Jr. testified that the investigative team instructed him to write it.
DA1 mentionphone and communication records — Phone and communication records included call patterns, texts, iCloud material, and other communications discussed in the State's Day 8 closing argument. The prosecutor argued that these records, alongside travel and rental records, connected communications among the people described in the State's account.
CA1 mentionPhone, cell-site, GPS, and call-detail records — Phone, cell-site, GPS, and call-detail records were used in the State's closing argument to describe handset activity, travel, rental-car locations, and communications involving Garcia, Magbanua, Rivera, and Adelson. The State argued that the records aligned with the June and July travel sequences and a later meeting.
GM1 mentionPrius rental, surveillance, toll, and vehicle-condition evidence — The evidence included the Prius rental contract, surveillance and toll information, and evidence of a hole in the passenger-side floorboard and damage to the fuel line. In closing, the State argued that these records and vehicle conditions traced the Prius and corroborated its account of the July trip.
GM1 mentionRivera's Instagram photo posted during the murder trip, later ordered removed — Rivera testified that he posted an Instagram photograph, possibly of a lion, but did not remember which trip it was from. He said Garcia told him to remove it because it showed where they were and attributed that instruction to Katie through Garcia.
KM1 mentionState Exhibit (Magbanua texts August 2014) — Counsel read an August 25, 2014 text attributed to Katherine Magbanua asking Charlie Adelson to erase her number and go on with his life; Adelson said it sounded familiar.
CA1 mentionState's Exhibit 91 through 98 — State's Exhibits 91 through 98 are certified call-detail records for Luis Rivera, Sigfredo Garcia, Wendi Adelson, Donna Adelson, Charlie Adelson, Harvey Adelson, Katherine Magbanua, and Dan Markel. The court admitted them during Christopher Corbitt's Day 3 direct testimony.
DA1 mentionState's Exhibit S (wiretap text) — A message identified in the State’s closing argument as text S, in which Garcia told Magbanua that whatever was occurring between her and her “homey” was their business and told her not to text him.
GM1 mentionsurveillance images, cell phone records, and SunPass toll records — Surveillance images, cell phone records, and SunPass toll records were described in the State's opening as part of the effort to trace a light-colored Prius. The State said the records helped investigators identify the vehicle, its renters, and the defendant it alleged hired them.
KM1 mentionText EE — During questioning, counsel called the text message EE; Patrick Sanford referred to it as E and said it was sent from Sigfredo Garcia to Katie Magbanua on April 28 at 7:39 p.m.
KM1 mentiontext message — A text message sent to Donna Adelson's cell phone was discussed during Oscar Jimenez Jr.'s cross-examination. Jimenez said he did not recall its timing or content and disputed the characterization that it added threats.
CA1 mentionText message concerning Juror No. 14 and a podcast report — The text message reported that a person identified as Juror No. 14 had been speaking in a restroom during jury selection, referring to a podcast report. Defense counsel disclosed it to the court and prosecution without requesting a specific action.
DA1 mentionText message from Magbanua to Adelson asking whether Garcia had called — During cross-examination, counsel referred to a displayed text-message correspondence in which Magbanua asked Adelson whether Garcia was calling; Magbanua agreed with that characterization.
GM1 mentionText message from wendi Adelson — A text message attributed to Wendi Adelson was addressed during Robert Adelson's Day 2 direct testimony. The court excluded statements attributed to Wendi Adelson and later gave a truth-use limitation for the text-message account.
DA1 mentiontext message sent by the undercover to Donna Adelson — An undercover officer sent Donna Adelson a text message in the middle of the night. During a Day 8 jury question, the witness described the message as somewhat threatening but did not have it available and could not recall whether it had previously been discussed.
GM1 mentionText messages — Text messages were used to refresh Patrick Sanford's recollection about whether Katherine Magbanua and the defendant continued seeing each other after an early-July trip.
CA1 mentiontext messages (Donna-Cunningham) — Text messages between Ann Elizabeth Cunningham and Donna Adelson were shown during cross-examination to refresh Cunningham's recollection about communications during Charlie Adelson's trial.
DA1 mentiontext messages and bank records — Text messages and bank records were considered together during Christopher Corbitt's Day 9 redirect testimony. Corbitt agreed with counsel's characterization that they appeared to show Katherine Magbanua paying Harvey Adelson for work.
GM1 mentiontext stating “Outside your house” — The text states, “Outside your house.” During Day 9 rebuttal closing argument, the State argued that it corroborated an account placing Donna Adelson outside Charlie Adelson's house.
DA1 mentionText Z — Text Z was described as a message from Katherine Magbanua to Sigfredo Garcia at about 12:57 p.m., approximately five to seven minutes after the preceding call.
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