Digital Evidence
State Exhibit (text messages)
State evidence encompassed text messages exchanged between Charlie Adelson and Magbanua from the morning after the murder through their breakup period extending into 2015. The prosecution noted the messages were affectionate and casual in tone, contrasting them with the defense's characterization of the relationship as dominated by extortion.
Post-extortion text messages between Charlie and Magbanua — July 19, 2014 through 2015State Exhibit (text messages)
Mentioned Charlie Adelson
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The sustained and apparently casual character of Charlie–Magbanua communications in the period immediately following the murder and through 2015 was used by the prosecution to contest the defense narrative of post-murder extortion, making this message record directly relevant to the nature and meaning of their post-murder relationship.