Overview

• A 12-person jury with two alternates was sworn in after three days of questioning, with Judge Stephen Everett presiding in Leon County.
• Prosecutors say Donna Adelson worked with her son Charlie to arrange a $100,000 hit through Katherine Magbanua, with convicted gunmen Sigfredo Garcia and Luis Rivera carrying out the shooting; Charlie is serving a life sentence.
• The defense counters that the state has presented motive and theory rather than proof tying Donna Adelson to a criminal agreement.
• The prosecution expects to call key witnesses including Charlie and Wendi Adelson (under immunity), as well as Magbanua, Garcia and Rivera.
• Donna Adelson was arrested in 2023 at Miami International Airport on one-way international tickets, and the trial is scheduled to continue into September with a potential life sentence if she is convicted.