{"id":142017,"date":"2026-02-03T15:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/142017\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:20:08","slug":"charlie-adelsons-attorneys-present-appeal-arguments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/142017\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Adelson&#8217;s attorneys present appeal arguments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOUTHEAST TALLAHASSEE, FL \u2014 Charlie Adelson&#8217;s attorneys, Michael Ufferman and Laurel Cornell Niles, are presenting their arguments at the First District Court of Appeal to three judges as they push for a new trial following Adelson&#8217;s conviction for the murder of FSU Law Professor Dan Markel in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH LIVE COVERAGE BELOW:<\/p>\n<p>Adelson is the fifth person to be convicted for the murder of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/downtown-tallahassee\/dan-markel-murder-trial-how-we-got-here\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dan Markel<\/a>. His mother, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/downtown-tallahassee\/markel-murder-day-6-of-the-donna-adelson-trial-more-witnesses-expected-to-testify\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donna Adelson<\/a>, was the most recent person to be convicted in September 2025. Other people who have been convicted include Charlie Adelson&#8217;s ex-girlfriend, Katherine Magbanua, and the two hitmen, Luis Rivera and Sigfredo Garcia. <\/p>\n<p>The State and the Appellant attorneys will have 20 minutes each to present their cases. <\/p>\n<p>Criminal Defense attorney, Tim Jansen, said a decision will not be made right away, adding the judges usually administer a ruling within 60 to 90 days. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Someone will draft the opinion, and they could write a concurring opinion, dissenting opinion, or they could write no opinion,&#8221; said Jansen. &#8220;But normally when you have an oral argument, you&#8217;re going to get an opinion.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Want to see more local news? Visit the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wtxl.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WTXL ABC 27 Website. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stay in touch with us anywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WTXLABC27\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Like us on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wtxlabc27\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram <\/a>and <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/abc27\" rel=\"nofollow\">X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTHEAST TALLAHASSEE, FL \u2014 Charlie Adelson&#8217;s attorneys, Michael Ufferman and Laurel Cornell Niles, are presenting their arguments at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":142018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[242,14975,1938,1937,55415,55407,39890,232,234,233,68887,562],"class_list":{"0":"post-142017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-abc-27","9":"tag-appeal","10":"tag-charlie-adelson","11":"tag-dan-markel","12":"tag-first-district-court-of-appeal","13":"tag-new-trial","14":"tag-south-tallahassee","15":"tag-tallahassee","16":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","17":"tag-tallahassee-news","18":"tag-tim-jansen","19":"tag-wtxl"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=142017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}