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A day-by-day map of the witnesses, attorneys, and judges across all four trials in the Dan Markel murder case.

4 trials · 36 days · 89 people
Witness Examiner Opening, closing, instruction, or charge Spoke that day
Person
GM Garcia–Magbanua
Sep 26 – Oct 11, 2019
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KM Magbanua Retrial
May 18 – May 27, 2022
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CA Charlie Adelson
Oct 26 – Nov 6, 2023
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DA Donna Adelson
Aug 22 – Sep 4, 2025
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Prosecution 3

Georgia Cappleman Prosecution State Attorney's Office
Sarah Kathryn Dugan Prosecution State Attorney's Office
Anna Norris Prosecution State Attorney's Office
Eddie Evans Prosecution State Attorney's Office

Defense 6

Christopher DeCoste Defense Defense team (Magbanua)
Tara Kawass Defense Defense team (Magbanua)
Dan Rashbaum Defense Defense team (Charlie Adelson)
Saam Zangeneh Defense Defense team (Garcia)
Jackie L. Fulford Defense Defense team (Donna Adelson)
Joshua D. Zelman Defense Defense team (Donna Adelson)
Kathryn Meyers Defense Defense team (Charlie Adelson)
Kristen Kawass Defense Defense team (Magbanua)
Mauricio Padilla Defense Defense team (Garcia)

Court 3

Stephen Everett Judge Leon County Circuit Court
James C. Hankinson Judge Court
Robert R. Wheeler Judge Leon County Circuit Court

Witnesses 23

Christopher Corbitt Expert witness Tallahassee Police Department
Patrick Sanford Law enforcement FBI
Luis Rivera Co-conspirator
Katherine Magbanua Defendant
Wendi Adelson Witness
Mary Hull Expert witness Mary Hull Financial Investigations
Craig Isom Law enforcement Tallahassee Police Department
Charlie Adelson Defendant
Jeffrey Lacasse Witness
Yindra Velazquez Mascaro Witness
June Umchinda Witness
Jason Newlin Law enforcement Leon County State Attorney's Office
Jessica Rodriguez Witness
Oscar Jimenez Jr. Law enforcement FBI
Clariza Lebredo Witness Adelson Institute for Aesthetics
Erika Johnson Witness Adelson Institute for Aesthetics
Joanne Maltese Expert witness Tallahassee Police Department
Anthony Clark Expert witness District 2 Medical Examiner's Office
Ryan Fitzpatrick Witness
Linda Bailey Witness
Bill Brannon Law enforcement Tallahassee Police Department
James Geiger Witness
Kristin Adamson Witness
Michael Dillmore Expert witness
Waldo Mesa Nunez Witness Comfort Rental
Shoddrick Nobles Witness
Robert Adelson Witness
Ann Elizabeth Cunningham Witness
Louis Bronstein Law enforcement FBI
James Keith McElveen Expert witness Florida State University
Kelsey Guay Expert witness
Jonathan Grossman Law enforcement Miami-Dade Police Department
Drina Bernhardt Witness
Ramzi Naber Witness
John Sawicki Expert witness
David Sims Law enforcement Tallahassee Police Department
Elizabeth Richey Expert witness Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Patricia Byrd Witness
Brock Dietz Expert witness Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Josh Turner Law enforcement Leon County Sheriff's Office
Robert Shawn Yao Expert witness
Stephen Downing Law enforcement Florida Highway Patrol
Andrew Brown Witness
Marcia Rodriguez Expert witness
Steven Lutes Witness
Daren Schwartz Witness
Eddie Varnes Witness
Len Harvey Witness
Ron Gutterson Witness
Stephen Webster Witness
Richard Shagran Witness
Keith Leland Witness
Sherry Bennett Law enforcement Tallahassee Police Department
Thomas Balboni Expert witness Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Kate Butler Expert witness Florida Department of Law Enforcement
Corey Hale Law enforcement Tallahassee Police Department
Justin Noble Willits Witness
Tarana Khan Witness
Marissel Descalzo Witness
Ronald Witt Witness
William Kornegay Expert witness
Tim Kelly Witness
Donna Adelson Defendant
Special Agent Undercover #3 (Matsuri) Law enforcement FBI
Brian Kendall Law enforcement FBI
Sara Newhouse Witness Tallahassee Police Department
Carrie Rosana Expert witness
John Lauro Attorney
Shelby Blank Witness
Stuart Schlazer Witness
Ruth Markel Witness
Undersheriff Gould Law enforcement Leon County Sheriff's Office
Sigfredo Garcia Defendant

Taller marks indicate longer transcript segments; darker cells indicate more lines spoken that day. Trial blocks show days in session, not elapsed calendar time.