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Updated March 19, 2000, 1:23 a.m. ET
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| KEY DOCUMENTS |
| LETTERS
AND WRITINGS |
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Rudin's Violent Death Clause |
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Ron Rudin orders any
benefactor named in
his will to be excluded
if it is found they
were involved in causing
him a violent death.
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Diary Excerpt |
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Margaret Rudin complains
of her husband's alleged
drinking and philandering
in these handwritten
diary entries.
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Notes on Recordings |
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These handwritten
notes outline details
of Ron Rudin's conversations
heard as a result
of Margaret Rudin
allegedly bugging
her husband's office
without his knowledge
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Ron Rudin's Letter |
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Predicting
a violent death, Ron
Rudin instructs his
fiduciaries to cut
off any beneficiaries
that fall under suspicion
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Letter to the Lyles |
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This
"anonymous" letter
was sent to the children
of Sue Lyles, Rudin's
alleged mistress
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Margaret's Poem |
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This handwritten
poem about justice was written by Margaret Rudin during the tail end of her trial
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Note Supporting Mistrial |
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As jury deliberations were underway, Margaret Rudin penned this note supporting her defense's third bid for a mistrial
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| STATE'S
FILINGS |
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Indictment |
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The
three-count indictment
outlines the charges
lodged against Margaret
Rudin
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Prior Shooting Motion |
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In
this motion, prosecutors
ask to submit evidence
of a shooting three
years before Ron Rudin's
death, in which they
say Margaret Rudin
tried to kill her
husband
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Supplemental Motion |
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To
bolster their bid
to admit the prior
shooting into evidence,
the state filed this
motion along with
supporting evidence
that included Rudin's
diary entries and
Ron Rudin's letter.
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Voluntary Statement |
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Three
days after her husband
disappeared, Margaret
Rudin gave this voluntary
statement to police.
In it she discussed
their troubled marriage,
her husband's mood
swings and his treatments
for demon possession.
But during the days
before he vanished,
she said, things were
"very, very good."
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| DEFENSE'S
FILINGS |
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Motion of Opposition |
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The
defense argues against
the state's attempt
to have evidence of
the prior shooting
admitted into the
murder trial.
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"Outrageous Conduct" Motion |
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In
their attempt to have
all charges against
Margaret Rudin dropped,
this motion points
the finger at Ron
Rudin's business partners
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Prosecutorial Misconduct
Motion |
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The
defense takes another
shot at a dismissal,
alleging that prosecutors
knowingly fed false
information to the
media to taint pre-trial
publicity
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Dismissal Motion Based on
Grand Jury |
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In
yet another dismissal
bid, the defense says
that prosecutors failed
to present exculpatory
evidence to the grand
jury that charged
Margaret Rudin
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Affidavit of Defense Investigator |
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Defense investigator Michael Wysocki says prosecutors did not provide the defense with information about witness Bruce Honabach, who testified he sold a trunk to Margaret Rudin.
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Search Warrant Motion |
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This
document, requesting
the search warrants
be suppressed, hinges
on the contents of
Ron Rudin's wallet
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Mistrial Motion #3 |
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Jury deliberations were underway when the defense filed their third bid for a mistrial based on allegations of jury misconduct
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THE COURT |
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Mistrial Conference
Transcript |
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In
this transcript
of a conference
held in judge's
chambers, Margaret
Rudin tells
Judge Joseph
Bonaventure
why she feels
she deserves
a mistrial
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Verdict Form |
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Once they reach a decision, jurors must check off whether they found Margaret Rudin guilty or not guilty of her husband's murder.
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Jury Instructions |
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Judge Joseph Bonaventure read these instructions to the jury before they began deliberating.
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Jury Notes |
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These notes from the jury were passed to the judge over the course of their five days of deliberations.
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Status of Juror#11 |
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Controversy over the one holdout juror seeking to acquit Margaret Rudin was resolved by this order allowing her to remain on the panel
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NEW TRIAL BID |
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Motion for New Trial |
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This is Margaret Rudin's request for both an evidentiary hearing and a new trial.
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Amador's Toxicology Report |
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Rudin's former lawyer Michael Amador went to a toxicologist to dispel the allegations that he was a drug user. These are the results.
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Affidavit of Private Investigator |
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Investigator Tom Dillard, hired by Amador in February 2001, says that the case was unprepared to go to trial when he was hired.
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Affidavit of Former Secretary |
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Amador's former secretary Annie Jackson says her boss hardly prepared for the trial and she did much of the work herself.
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Affidavit of Co-Defense Lawyer |
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Thomas Pitaro, who had been assigned to help Amador defend Rudin about three weeks before the original trial, says that the case did not appear ready to go trial.
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Affidavit of Defendant |
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Margaret Rudin affirms many of the statements Dillard, Jackson and Pitaro made in their affidavits.
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Exhibit One |
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This exhibit outlines many of the errors Rudin says Michael Amador made during the first trial.
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Affidavit of Juror |
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Juror Mike Dickey says in this deposition that none of the jurors were coerced into their guilty verdict.
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Affidavit of Juror |
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Juror Cynthia Dalbor says in this deposition that no jurors were coerced into their guilty verdict.
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