TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Scripps News Tallahassee) — The First District Court of Appeal upheld Katherine Magbanua‘s convictions on Wednesday in the 2014 murder of Florida State University law professor Dan Markel.
Katherine Magbanua testified against Charlie Adelson on Oct. 30, 2023. (Court TV)
Prosecutors said Magbanua acted as the go-between for her then-boyfriend Charlie Adelson and two hitmen, Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera, in Markel’s murder. Markel was shot in July 2014 while sitting in his car in the garage of his Tallahassee home.
Magbanua is currently serving a life sentence after jurors in her second trial found her guilty in 2022 on charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, and solicitation to commit murder. Her first trial ended with a hung jury…