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Sentencing Delayed for Ex-MLB Pitcher Dan Serafini as Judge Weighs New-Trial Bid

A judge granted a continuance to consider a juror‑misconduct motion, with a status hearing Aug. 29 followed by arguments Oct. 28.

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Overview

  • Serafini was convicted in July of murdering his father-in-law, Robert Gary Spohr, and attempting to murder his mother-in-law, Wendy Wood, in a 2021 Lake Tahoe ambush.
  • Monday’s planned sentencing was vacated, and the court set a status conference for Aug. 29 with a hearing on the new-trial motion and possible new sentencing date on Oct. 28.
  • The defense seeks a new trial alleging juror misconduct based on post-verdict media comments by jurors, a claim prosecutors dispute as misconduct, with parts of the motion to be sealed.
  • Serafini moved to change attorneys, but the attorney he sought, Jeffrey Wood, withdrew in court, leaving his original lawyers still representing him for now.
  • Prosecutors are asking for life without parole plus 50 years, and the defense requested more time to review a 367-page probation report that includes a restitution request exceeding $1.3 million for Adrienne Spohr.