Testimony References
Rivera testimony
Rivera's testimony was flagged as high-materiality prosecution evidence in the defense opening statement at the Magbanua retrial. Defense counsel previewed a strategy of contesting or contextualizing Rivera's account as a centerpiece of the state's case against Magbanua.
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Mentioned Magbanua Retrial
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Rivera was the state's cooperating witness and primary insider account of the murder-for-hire. Defense counsel's early identification of his testimony as a central target signals it was a load-bearing element of the prosecution's theory.