Christopher DeCoste
Defense attorney for Katherine Magbanua in both the 2019 Garcia–Magbanua joint trial and the 2022 Magbanua retrial.
About
Because DeCoste represented Katherine Magbanua in both of her trials, his examinations provide a continuous view of recurring defense challenges to investigative recording and disclosure, phone-location limits, digital-record review, and the sourcing of cash deposits. They also show the change from the broad investigative, forensic, digital, financial, and wiretap record he tested in 2019 to the multi-day Rivera cross-examination and defense-witness presentation in the 2022 retrial.
Trial Record (64)
GM Garcia–Magbanua Sep 26, 2019 – Oct 11, 2019
Trial Summary
Appearing as co-counsel for Katherine Magbanua, handled the bulk of her cross-examinations across the eleven-day joint trial — detectives, forensic and digital-records witnesses, the FBI case agent, the wiretap supervisor, and the State's financial analyst — and delivered her closing argument.
Appearances (36)
KM Magbanua Retrial May 18, 2022 – May 27, 2022
Trial Summary
Defense co-counsel for Katherine Magbanua who handled most of the State's law-enforcement and technical witnesses, carried the multi-day cross-examination of cooperating codefendant Luis Rivera, and presented the defense case witnesses.