Another defeat for the Donna Adelson legal team.
A request for a new trial has been denied.
The court denied the digital motion filed by Donna Adelson. Key evidence was deemed insufficient to support the digital claims.
Earlier this month, Adelson requested a new trial following her conviction on September 4.
She was found guilty of all three counts in the murder for hire plot of her former son-in-law and former FSU professor, Dan Markel.
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Adelson was requesting a motion for leave to interview jurors, a motion for a new trial, and a renewed motion for an acquittal.
That original motion was filed on September 15
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The motion stems from a juror going viral on social media about their jury service.
It also accused another juror of going on a podcast.
Adelson also requested new trial due to the following:
The verdict is contrary to law or weight of the evidence The court erred in a decision of any matter of law which arose during the trial For other cause not due to Mrs. Adelson’s fault, she didn’t receive a fair and impartial trial.
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Adelson is the 5
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person to be convicted in Markel’s death.
Adelson is expected to be back in court for a case management hearing October 14
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.
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