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Eddie Evans

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Prosecution attorney who argued the State's positions on jury instructions and trial procedure across four Tallahassee murder-case trials.

249 lines·12 proceedings·4 trials

About

Eddie Evans was a prosecution attorney whose recorded activity centered on evidentiary and jury-instruction proceedings. In the 2019 joint trial, he participated in conferences involving evidentiary rulings, immunity, final instructions, verdict forms, sentencing, and jury deliberations. In later prosecutions, courts sought or discussed the State's position on proposed instruction language, including solicitation, premeditation, conspiracy, manslaughter, lesser offenses, principal liability, and language conforming a count to the indictment. He also raised or was associated with questions preserved on the record.

Trial Record (12)

GMGarcia–MagbanuaSep 26, 2019 – Oct 11, 2019

Represented the prosecution in proceedings concerning evidentiary rulings, jury instructions, verdict forms, immunity, sentencing, and jury deliberations.

Day 5

Day 9

Day 11

KMMagbanua RetrialMay 18, 2022 – May 27, 2022

At Katherine Magbanua's 2022 retrial, prosecutor Eddie Evans argued during the charge conference that the jury should receive lesser-offense instructions and separate standard instructions for the State's two principal-liability theories.

Day 7

Charge ConferenceCharge Conference23lines spoken

Summary

The court finalized jury instructions, retaining lesser-included homicide offenses, revising principal-liability language, removing independent act, and setting deliberation procedures.

DADonna AdelsonAug 22, 2025 – Sep 4, 2025

Participated for the prosecution in late-trial jury-instruction discussions and raised a Day 9 sidebar question that the court acknowledged as being for record purposes.

Day 8

Day 9