Donna
Adelson
The
fight
to
bring
Dan
Markel’s
killers
to
justice
just
got
a
little
bit
longer.
The
Florida
State
Law
professor
was
killed
in
2014,
gunned
down
in
his
driveway
by
a
pair
of
hitman.
Donna
Adelson
is
accused
of
conspiring
with
her
son
to
hire
killers
to
murder
her
ex-son-in-law
Markel.
Her
case,
which
was
just
beginning
jury
selection,
has
been
pushed
back.
Judge
Stephen
Everett
issued
the
continuance
after
Donna
Adelson’s
son,
Charlie,
invoked
his
6th
Amendment
rights
preventing
his
lawyer
from
representing
her.
In
2023,
Charlie
Adelson
was
convicted
in
the
the
murder-for-hire
plot.
The
Tallahassee
Democrat
has
coverage:
[Dan]
Rashbaum
—
in
a
stunning
turn
of
events
—
withdrew
as
Donna
Adelson’s
lawyer
on
Tuesday,
the
first
day
of
jury
selection
in
her
murder
trial.The
move
prompted
Leon
Circuit
Judge
Stephen
Everett,
who
had
cautioned
Adelson
multiple
times
about
potential
conflicts
involving
using
the
same
lawyer
who
represented
her
son,
Charlie
Adelson,
to
declare
a
continuance.
It
must
have
taken
Judge
Everett
an
inordinate
amount
of
judicial
restraint
to
not
immediately
belt
out
“I
told
you
so!”
to
whoever
was
within
ear
shot.
That
said,
it
is
important
to
give
weight
to
the
whole
balance
of
the
6th
Amendment.
There’s
more
to
it
than
just
speedy
trials;
it
also
protects
the
sanctity
of
attorney-client
privilege.
While
this
will
cause
delays,
ignoring
Charlie’s
revocation
would
be
a
much
larger
problem.
The
development
has
also
been
neatly
explained
by
reporters,
you
can
see
their
coverage
here.
There
is
no
clear
date
on
when
the
trial
will
pick
back
up,
but
Donna
Adelson’s
new
lead
council,
Alex
Morris,
expects
things
to
resume
between
November
and
February.
‘Epic
Disaster’:
Donna
Adelson’s
Trial
Went
Off
The
Rails.
Here’s
What’s
Coming
Next.
[Tallahassee
Democrat]
Earlier:
The
Dan
Markel
Case:
Trial
Delayed,
Yet
Again
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Williams
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from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
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former
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who
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published
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on
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and
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and
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cycling
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