Mentioned
Harvey Adelson
Dentist and co-owner of the Adelson Institute, husband of Donna Adelson and father of Charlie and Wendi Adelson; discussed in all four trials but never a witness in any of them.
134 mentions · 4 trials
About
Harvey Adelson is a useful reference point for anyone following the Markel case because his phone records supplied the technical starting point that led investigators to Sigfredo Garcia, and because his name recurs across financial, employment, and family evidence in four separate trials without his ever being charged or testifying. Following him across the record shows how the same handful of documents — call detail records, a vehicle title, dental practice payroll files, a shared email account — were read differently by prosecutors and defense lawyers as the case evolved.
Trial Record (134)
GM Garcia–Magbanua Sep 26, 2019 – Oct 11, 2019
Trial Summary
Named throughout the Garcia/Magbanua trial as an uncharged third party — the Adelson Institute's owner, whose cell number was the target of Sigfredo Garcia's single unconnected attempted call on July 1, 2014 and whose Lexus was later titled to Katherine Magbanua.
Mentioned (37)
Opening
Opening Statement - Georgia Cappleman
Day 1 Opening Opening Statement - Tara Kawass Charlie's father; transferred the Lexus title to Magbanua; uncharged; phone not tapped
Day 1 Direct Craig Isom - Direct
Day 2 Cross Craig Isom - Cross (Part 2) Single July 1, 2014 brief call from Garcia; Isom believes it went to voicemail; no return call; declined to be interviewed
Day 2 Cross Craig Isom - Cross
Day 2 Direct Wendi Adelson - Direct
Day 2 Cross Wendi Adelson - Cross
Day 2 Direct Christopher Corbitt - Direct
Day 3 Cross Christopher Corbitt - Cross Mentioned as an example of a Garcia–Adelson connection that would be invisible to phone record analysis
Day 3 Direct Yindra Velazquez Mascaro - Direct
Day 5 Cross Yindra Velazquez Mascaro - Cross
Day 5 Direct Clariza Lebredo - Direct
Day 5 Jury Questions Clariza Lebredo - Juror Questions Owner of the Adelson Institute; Zangeneh probed his theoretical ability to independently access or control the office phone line.
Day 5 Direct Erika Johnson - Direct
Day 5 Cross Erika Johnson - Cross Identified as owner of the Adelson Institute with authority over its phone system
Day 5 Cross Erika Johnson - Cross Referenced as the owner of the Adelson Institute
Day 5 Redirect Erika Johnson - Redirect
Day 5 Recross Erika Johnson - Recross Identified as the records holder Johnson bypassed when she called Charlie Adelson instead
Day 5 Direct Christopher Corbitt - Direct
Day 5 Direct Christopher Corbitt - Direct (Recall, Part 2)
Day 5 Recross Christopher Corbitt - Recross Garcia's July 1, 2014 voicemail call to Harvey Adelson cited as occurring months after the April 25 iCloud exchange about Garcia seeking Adelson contact
Day 6 Direct Mary Hull - Direct Previous owner of the black Lexus transferred to Magbanua; his bank records were among those reviewed by Hull.
Day 6 Direct Mary Hull - Direct (Part 2)
Day 6 Cross Mary Hull - Cross
Day 6 Cross Mary Hull - Cross
Day 6 Procedural Magbanua Text-Message Exhibit Rulings
Day 6 Redirect Mary Hull - Redirect
Day 6 Cross Christopher Corbitt - Cross
Day 7 Redirect Christopher Corbitt - Redirect Named as someone whose calls to Charlie Adelson would have been captured by the Charlie Adelson wiretap
Day 7 Direct Patrick Sanford - Direct
Day 7 Cross Patrick Sanford - Cross
Day 8 Redirect Patrick Sanford - Redirect
Day 8 Cross Katherine Magbanua - Cross
Day 9 Redirect Christopher Corbitt - Redirect Magbanua paid Harvey Adelson for work he performed, per text messages and bank records in evidence
Day 9 Closing Closing Argument - Georgia Cappleman
Day 10 Closing Closing Argument - Saam Zangeneh
Day 10 Closing Closing Argument - Christopher DeCoste
Day 10 KM Magbanua Retrial May 18, 2022 – May 27, 2022
Trial Summary
Named throughout the trial as a dentist at the family's Adelson Institute practice and as the recipient of a July 1, 2014 call that routed to voicemail from a number later associated with Sigfredo Garcia, Harvey Adelson did not testify but featured in phone-records, financial, and closing-argument evidence.
Mentioned (26)
Opening
Opening Statement - Sarah Kathryn Dugan
Day 1 Opening Opening Statement - Tara Kawass
Day 1 Direct Craig Isom - Direct
Day 1 Cross Craig Isom - Cross
Day 1 Direct Wendi Adelson - Direct
Day 2 Cross Wendi Adelson - Cross
Day 2 Direct Jeffrey Lacasse - Direct
Day 2 Direct Luis Rivera - Direct
Day 2 Cross Luis Rivera - Cross (Part 1)
Day 2 Direct Christopher Corbitt - Direct
Day 3 Direct Christopher Corbitt - Direct (Continued)
Day 3 Cross Christopher Corbitt - Cross
Day 4 Redirect Christopher Corbitt - Redirect
Day 4 Direct Yindra Velazquez Mascaro - Direct
Day 4 Direct Clariza Lebredo - Direct
Day 4 Cross Clariza Lebredo - Cross
Day 4 Direct Erika Johnson - Direct
Day 4 Cross Erika Johnson - Cross
Day 4 Direct Mary Hull - Direct
Day 5 Redirect Mary Hull - Redirect
Day 5 Direct Patrick Sanford - Direct (Part 1)
Day 5 Direct Patrick Sanford - Direct (Part 2)
Day 6 Direct Ryan Fitzpatrick - Direct
Day 7 Cross Katherine Magbanua - Cross
Day 7 Closing Closing Argument - Georgia Cappleman
Day 8 Closing Closing Argument - Tara Kawass
Day 8 CA Charlie Adelson Oct 26, 2023 – Nov 6, 2023
Trial Summary
Described throughout the trial as the defendant's father and a dentist at the family's Adelson Institute practice, appearing in the record only as a discussed nonparticipant in opening statements, financial and cell-site testimony, and the Matsuri covert recording.
Mentioned (27)
Opening
Opening Statement - Sarah Kathryn Dugan
Day 1 Opening Opening Statement - Dan Rashbaum
Day 1 Direct Patrick Sanford - Direct
Day 1 Cross Patrick Sanford - Cross
Day 1 Direct Wendi Adelson - Direct
Day 1 Direct Jeffrey Lacasse - Direct
Day 2 Cross Luis Rivera - Cross
Day 3 Direct Katherine Magbanua - Direct
Day 3 Direct Clariza Lebredo - Direct
Day 3 Direct Erika Johnson - Direct
Day 3 Cross Erika Johnson - Cross
Day 3 Redirect Erika Johnson - Redirect
Day 3 Direct Mary Hull - Direct Previous owner of Lexus transferred to Magbanua for stated $1,700 with no traceable payment; deposited check 2083 before the April 2016 bump
Day 3 Direct Christopher Corbitt - Direct
Day 3 Cross Christopher Corbitt - Cross
Day 4 Cross Christopher Corbitt - Cross (Continued)
Day 4 Direct Special Agent Undercover #3 (Matsuri) - Direct
Day 4 Cross Special Agent Undercover #3 (Matsuri) - Cross
Day 4 Direct Patrick Sanford - Direct (Recall, Continued)
Day 5 Cross Patrick Sanford - Cross (Recall) Briefly referenced as co-addressee of the FBI bump letter delivered to the Adelson apartment.
Day 5 Direct Charlie Adelson - Direct (Part 2)
Day 6 Direct Charlie Adelson - Direct (Part 4)
Day 6 Procedural Arguments Outside the Presence of the Jury — Harvey–Charlie Phone Call Hearsay Ruling
Day 6 Direct Charlie Adelson - Direct (Part 5)
Day 6 Cross Charlie Adelson - Cross
Day 7 Closing Closing Argument - Georgia Cappleman
Day 8 Closing Closing Argument - Dan Rashbaum
Day 8 DA Donna Adelson Aug 22, 2025 – Sep 4, 2025
Trial Summary
Named throughout as the defendant's husband and a dentist at the family practice, Harvey Adelson did not testify but recurred in the shared-email attribution dispute, the cell-site and search evidence, and both closings.
Mentioned (44)
Opening
Opening Statement - Sarah Kathryn Dugan
Day 1 Opening Opening Statement - Jackie L. Fulford
Day 1 Direct Craig Isom - Direct (Continued)
Day 1 Cross Craig Isom - Cross
Day 1 Redirect Craig Isom - Redirect
Day 1 Cross Luis Rivera - Cross
Day 1 Procedural Foundation Hearing: 'Grandma Motion' (State's Ex. 60-JJ) and Wendi Adelson Proffer Procedure
Day 2 Direct Jason Newlin - Direct
Day 2 Cross Jason Newlin - Cross
Day 2 Redirect Jason Newlin - Redirect
Day 2 Direct Wendi Adelson - Direct
Day 2 Cross Wendi Adelson - Cross
Day 2 Direct Robert Adelson - Direct
Day 2 Cross Ryan Fitzpatrick - Cross
Day 3 Procedural Sidebar — Slide 38 Hearsay Ruling & Hull Late-Disclosure Accommodation
Day 3 Direct Mary Hull - Direct
Day 3 Redirect Mary Hull - Redirect
Day 3 Direct Clariza Lebredo - Direct
Day 3 Direct Christopher Corbitt - Direct
Day 3 Direct Christopher Corbitt - Direct (Continued)
Day 4 Cross Christopher Corbitt - Cross
Day 4 Direct Brian Kendall - Direct
Day 4 Direct Patrick Sanford - Direct (Part 2)
Day 5 Direct Patrick Sanford - Direct (Part 3)
Day 6 Direct Jonathan Grossman - Direct
Day 6 Cross Jonathan Grossman - Cross
Day 6 Direct Drina Bernhardt - Direct
Day 6 Direct Christopher Corbitt - Direct (Recall)
Day 6 Cross Christopher Corbitt - Cross (Recall)
Day 6 Procedural Defense Motion for Judgment of Acquittal on Counts 1 and 3
Day 7 Direct Ann Elizabeth Cunningham - Direct
Day 7 Cross Ann Elizabeth Cunningham - Cross
Day 7 Direct Ron Gutterson - Direct
Day 7 Cross Ron Gutterson - Cross
Day 7 Direct Kelsey Guay - Direct
Day 7 Redirect Kelsey Guay - Redirect
Day 7 Direct Richard Shagran - Direct
Day 7 Cross Richard Shagran - Cross
Day 7 Procedural Sequestration Dispute — Tim Kelly Courtroom Presence Named alongside Donna Adelson as participant in the home search Kelly was called to testify about
Day 7 Direct Tim Kelly - Direct
Day 7 Cross Tim Kelly - Cross
Day 7 Cross Kristin Adamson - Cross
Day 8 Closing Closing Argument - Georgia Cappleman
Day 9 Closing Closing Argument - Jackie L. Fulford
Day 9