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evidence evidence demonstrative Magbanua RetrialDefense demonstrative Two related defense demonstratives were displayed during the Magbanua retrial. The first was a color-coded chart of approximately 400 intercepted wiretap calls with the government's selected calls highlighted, used during cross-examination of Detective Patrick Sanford to challenge the prosecution's reliance on a curated subset. The second was an alternate theory diagram presented during Craig Isom's cross-examination depicting a direct Adelson-to-Garcia-and-Rivera connection that bypassed Magbanua entirely. ← All Evidence
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Defense demonstrative

Two related defense demonstratives were displayed during the Magbanua retrial. The first was a color-coded chart of approximately 400 intercepted wiretap calls with the government's selected calls highlighted, used during cross-examination of Detective Patrick Sanford to challenge the prosecution's reliance on a curated subset. The second was an alternate theory diagram presented during Craig Isom's cross-examination depicting a direct Adelson-to-Garcia-and-Rivera connection that bypassed Magbanua entirely.

Color-coded demonstrative chart of approximately 400 intercepted wiretap calls with government selections highlightedDefense demonstrative — alternate theory diagram showing Adelsons to Garcia and Rivera without MagbanuaDefense demonstrative
Mentioned Magbanua Retrial
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The two demonstratives together represent the defense's core framing strategy at the Magbanua retrial: that the government's wiretap selections were cherry-picked from a larger universe of calls, and that the conspiracy could be explained without Magbanua as intermediary. Their use across two separate cross-examinations indicates they were central to the defense's theory of the case at trial.

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