FL v. BENAYER (2007)
An elderly Boca Raton man was accused of shooting his former girlfriend’s boss outside a synagogue after a Rosh Hashanah service in 2005. Prosecutors argued that Marc Benayer, 81, wanted to kill 44-year old Jonathan Samuels and his business partner, Mark Levy, because the men helped Benayer's ex-girlfriend seek a restraining order against him. Samuels died about nine months after Benayer shot him twice in the back. Benayer, who acted as his own lawyer, claimed the shooting was an accident, and that Samuels’ death was due to a surgical mistake not the shooting. While behind bars, Benayer also allegedly tried to hire a hitman to kill Levy and his former defense attorney. In reality, the hitman was an undercover Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy. While Benayer had been diagnosed with dementia, a personality disorder and the early onset of Alzheimer's, doctors examined him before the trial and declared him competent.
FL v. BENAYER (2007)
1-FL v. Benayer: Opening Statements
2-FL v. Benayer: Arielle Cohen, Rachel Buchwald & Liat Peress
3-FL v. Benayer: Wendy Lambert
4-FL v. Benayer: Norman Walt
5-FL v. Benayer: Moshe Zeev
6-FL v. Benayer: Lt. Peter Hund
7-FL v. Benayer: Steven Katz
8-FL v. Benayer: Rabbi Moshe Rabin
9-FL v. Benayer: Dr. Alan Saitowitz
10-FL v. Benayer: Sgt. Woodard
11-FL v. Benayer: Dr. Stuart Graham
12-FL v. Benayer: Debra Levy
13-FL v. Benayer: Joseph Rice, Julie Sikorsky & Deputy Leslie Barbalaco
14-FL v. Benayer: Mordichai Pshemish
15-FL v. Benayer: Outside the Presence of the Jury
16-FL v. Benayer: Jennifer Stuart
17-FL v. Benayer: Outside the Presence of the Jury
18-FL v. Benayer: David Steinberg
19-FL v. Benayer: Detective John Connor
20-FL v. Benayer: William Tannenbaum
21-FL v. Benayer: Deputy James Breslen
22-FL v. Benayer: Detective John Connor
23-FL v. Benayer: Marta Pinto
24-FL v. Benayer: Marta Pinto PT2
25-FL v. Benayer: Marta Pinto PT3
26-FL v. Benayer: Vincent Schindeler
27-FL v. Benayer: Deputy Chris Mamone
28-FL v. Benayer: Dr. Kevin Raymond
29-FL v. Benayer: Henriette Pinto
30-FL v. Benayer: Outside the Presence of the Jury
31-FL v. Benayer: Rabbi Zalman Bukiet
32-FL v. Benayer: Mary DeMonte & Warren Factor
33-FL v. Benayer: Henry Laffer & Maurice Lugassy
34-FL v. Benayer: Dr. Mark Rosenberg
35-FL v. Benayer: Wendy Lambert & Christopher Gagic
36-FL v. Benayer: James Eisenberg
37-FL v. Benayer: Outside the Presence of the Jury
38-FL v. Benayer: Jennifer Marshall
39-FL v. Benayer: Daniel Cohen
40-FL v. Benayer: Dr. Phil Heller
41-FL v. Benayer: Martin Fried
42-FL v. Benayer: Mark Levy
43-FL v. Benayer: Marc Benayer
44-FL v. Benayer: Marc Benayer PT2
45-FL v. Benayer: Natanya Eliefja
46-FL v. Benayer: Charge Conference
47-FL v. Benayer: Closing Arguments
48-FL v. Benayer: Jury Instructions
49-FL v. Benayer: Verdict
