Documents & Records
State's Exhibit 59
Approximately 700 pages of divorce and custody pleadings from the Markel-Adelson dissolution, referenced by the prosecution in closing argument. The volume of litigation was invoked to contextualize the motive narrative linking the Adelson family to the murder.
Divorce decree and pleadings — 700 pagesState's Exhibit 59
Mentioned Magbanua Retrial
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Cited in closing argument as background to the custody dispute that the prosecution argued motivated the murder-for-hire; provides documentary grounding for the motive theory.