TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Court TV) — Convicted killer Charlie Adelson will return to court for the first time in more than a year as he fights to get a new trial.
Charlie Adelson, a Fort Lauderdale periodontist, testifies during his trial, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Tallahassee, Fla. (Alicia Devine/Tallahassee Democrat via AP, Pool)
Charlie is one of five people convicted in the murder-for-hire that killed his ex-brother-in-law, FSU law professor Dan Markel. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole after a jury convicted him of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, first-degree murder and solicitation to commit murder in November 2023. Since then, his mother, Donna Adelson, was convicted of the same charges.
Florida’s First District Court of Appeal announced it would hear the first oral arguments in Charlie’s case on February 3, 2026. Each side will have 20 minutes to address the court…