TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) - The accused triggerman in the 2014 murder of FSU law professor Dan Markel has entered a plea of not guilty to newer charges filed by the state last month.
Neither Sigfredo Garcia nor his legal counsel were in court Tuesday morning for his arraignment.
In February, the State Attorney’s Office charged Garcia and co-defendant Katherine Magbanua with “conspiracy to commit murder” and “solicitation to commit murder.”
The case for Garcia’s new charges will be continued on the same date as his first-degree murder charge. The court granted the state’s request to combine the two cases.
Garcia is scheduled for a pre-trial hearing on June 5. His trial is set for July 9.
