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ÐGail€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô€Ô_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô€had€not€told€the€whole€truth€at€trial.Ô‡X§UXXX§UÔà p àAt€trial,€Gail€testified€Larry€RoystonÐ ä%4!$ Ðcame€to€her€house€for€lunch€ð ðit€was€either€late€February,€or€the€beginning€of€March€[of€1989].ðð€ñañ(R.Ï609).€ÏñañAtÏthat€luncheon,€Larry€Royston€asked€Gail€if€she€knew€anyone€who€could€kill€his€wifeñbñ€(R.€611)ñbñ.€€When€GailÏtestified€at€the€evidentiary€hearing€on€November€of€2001òòóó,€she€acknowledged€that€her€date„book€Ð ¨(ø#' Ðestablished€that€the€luncheon€with€Larry€Royston€was€not€in€February€or€March€of€1989,€but€wasÏon€April€11,€1989òòóó.€€Gail€testified€at€the€evidentiary€hearing€when€confronted€with€her€trialÐ €*Ð%) Ðtestimony€about€the€lunch€with€Larry:€ð ðIf€my€book€says€that€it€was€April€11òòthóó,€then€I€was€wrong.ðð€€ñeñTheÐ l+¼&* ÐluncheonÐ l+¼&* ÐñcñoccurredñcññeññdñwasñdññeñÐ l+¼&* ÐatÐ l+¼&* ÐGailððsÐ l+¼&* Ðinvitation.ñeñ€Ð l+¼&* ÐGail€also€acknowledged€that€on€April€11òòthóó,€she€had€the€first€conversation€she€had€with€LarryÐ ° ÐRoyston€about€his€desire€to€find€someone€to€kill€Thelma.€€Accordingly,€prior€to€April€11,€1989,Ïshe€had€undertaken€no€actions€in€search€of€a€killer.€€Thus,€she€admitted€her€trial€testimony€was€notÏthe€truth,€the€whole€truth.Ìà  àÔ#†X§UXXX§Uf#ÔÔ‡§UXXX§UÔInterestingly,€Gail€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô€Ô_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô€admitted€at€the€evidentiary€hearing€that€on€April€12,Ð `° Ð1989,€the€day€after€Larry€Royston€came€to€a€luncheon€at€her€house€at€her€invitation,€she€gave€aÏstatement€to€law€enforcement€regarding€an€investigation€into€an€allegation€that€she€had€stolenÏ$200,000.€€According€to€her€testimony€at€the€evidentiary€hearing,€she€had€been€notified€prior€toÏApril€12òòthóó€that€the€police€wanted€to€talk€to€her€about€$200,000ñgñ€that€was€missing€from€her€priorÐ  ` Ðplace€of€businessñgñ.€€Because€defense€counsel€was€not€provided€access€to€the€date„book,€he€did€notÏknow€to€inquire€about€the€proximity€of€the€luncheon€to€the€police€questioning€of€Gail€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_ÔÏÔ_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô€regarding€the€missing€money.Ô#†X§UXX§UÔ#ÔÔ‡X§UXXX§UÔ€€However,€the€State€did€have€the€date€book€and€did€notÐ Ô$  Ðshare€it€with€the€defense.Ìà  àAt€trial,€Gail€testified€that€prior€to€contacting€Michael€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô€about€killing€ThelmaÏRoyston,€she€had€unsuccessfully€sought€to€recruit€three€other€individuals€to€do€the€murderñkñ€(R.€672„73)ñkñ.€€AfterÏsome€time€had€passed€ñhñandñhññiñwhileñiñ€she€was€unsuccessful€in€recruiting€a€killer,€Gail€testified€that€she€turnedÏto€Michael€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô€within€a€couple€of€weeks€of€the€luncheon€with€Larry€ð ðwhich€took€placeÏsometime,€I€think,€in€February,€or€the€beginning€of€March.ðð€ñjñ(R.€675).€€ñjñAccording€to€Gailððs€trial€testimony,ÏMichael€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô€wanted€to€scope€out€the€Royston€place€in€the€daytimeñlñ€(R.€617)ñlñ.€€Gail€testified€that€laterÏMichael€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô€wanted€to€take€a€second€drive€out€to€the€Roystonððs€place,€this€time€at€night.€ÏAccording€to€Gailððs€trial€testimony,€Michael€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô€went€to€Gailððs€house€in€the€middle€of€theÏnightñmñ€(R.620)ñmñ.€€Gail€and€Michael€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô€then€went€and€checked€into€a€motel€near€the€Royston€place.€€InÏregard€to€this€second€trip€(maybe€a€month€after€the€first€tripñnñ€R.€682ñnñ)€that€she€and€Michael€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô€madeÏto€the€Royston€place,€Gail€testified€that€it€occurred€before€Michael€Ô_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô€moved€in€to€her€houseÏð ðeither€the€end€of€March€or€beginning€of€April.ðð€ñoñ(R.€677).€€ñoñThus,€the€date„book€reveals€that€Gailððs€trialÏtestimony€was€completely€wrong€about€the€timing€sequence€and€provides€a€basis€for€arguing€thatÏMichael€Ô_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô,€her€live„in€boyfriend€at€the€time,€was€the€more€likely€accomplice€on€a€late€nightÏtrip€in€late€April€ñpñor€May€ñpñto€scope€out€the€Royston€place.Ìà  àSince€the€luncheon€was€not€until€April€11òòthóó,€Michael€Ô_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô€had€already€moved€in€withÐ €Ð Ðher,€thus€it€is€unlikely€that€Michael€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô,€as€her€trial€testimony€conceded,€arrived€at€her€houseÏin€the€middle€of€the€night€to€rouse€her€to€go€to€the€Royston€place€after€Ô_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô€had€moved€in.€ÏSince€Gail€was€facing€a€mountain€of€debt€and€lawsuits€as€she€revealed€in€2001,€it€is€certainlyÏplausible€that€she€turned€to€the€man€with€whom€she€was€living€and€going€to€marry,€MichaelÏÔ_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô€fñqñoñqññrñpñrñr€help€in€killing€Roystonððs€wife.€€Ô#†X§UXXX§U#ÔÔ‡§UXXX§UÔInterestingly,€Ô_ÔMilliganÔ_Ôððs€description€matches€that€ofÐ #l! Ðone€of€the€men€seen€near€the€Royston€place€on€the€night€of€the€murder€shortly€before€the€murder.ÌÔ#†X§UXX§U]&#Ôà  àGailððs€entry€for€June€7,€1989,€the€day€Thelma€Royston€was€murder€includedòò,€ð ðCall€onÐ ô$D # Ðticket€for€Michael.óóðð€€And€later,€ð ðòòMake€calls€again€to€Bus€Co.ððóó€€In€2001,€Gail€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô€Ô_ÔMilliganÔ_ÔÐ à%0!$ Ðhas€testified€that€the€entry€ð ðCall€on€ticket€for€Michaelðð€refers€to€Michael€Ô_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô,€the€man€sheÏwas€living€with€and€would€marry€in€April€of€1990.€€She€testified€that€this€was€in€reference€to€aÏð ðspeeding€ticket.ðð€€When€asked€how€she€knew€that,€she€answered€ð ð[Ô_Ôb]ecauseÔ_Ô€he€got€a€lot€ofÏthem.ðð€€She€had€no€explanation€for€the€entry€ð ðMake€calls€again€to€Bus€Co.ðð€Ìà  àMeanwhile,€the€trial€prosecutor,€Karen€Cox,€identified€her€handwritten€notes€documentingÏa€2/10/91€interview€of€Michael€Ô_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô..€€The€notes€reveal€that€Ô_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô€worked€for€MichaelÐ h+¸&* ÐFlynn€of€Flynn€Motors€as€a€transportation€representative€since€1985,€that€he€met€Gail€in€1988€andÏstarting€seeing€her€in€March€1989.€€The€notes€further€indicated,€ð ð6/89„€Ô_ÔmordentiÔ_Ô€called€him€&€hadÏcar€picked€up€w€was€used€in€bank€robbery€from€New€Mexico.ðð€Thus,€this€note€reveals€thatÏMichael€Ô_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô€told€the€prosecutor€that€he€went€to€New€Mexico€in€June€of€1989,€the€month€ofÏThelma€Roystonððs€murder.€€At€trial,€Gail€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô€Ô_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô€indicated€that€the€car€used€in€theÏmurder€was€left€on€the€Mexican€border.€€In€his€undisclosed€statement€to€Karen€Cox,€MichaelÏÔ_ÔMilliganÔ_Ô€placed€himself€in€New€Mexico,€relatively€near€the€Mexico€border,€at€the€time€that€GailÏsays€the€car€was€being€left€at€the€Mexican€border.ÌÔ‡X§UXXX§UÔà  àAt€trial,€Gail€testified€that€Michael€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô€had€given€her€a€gun.€€ð ðMichael€gave€it€backÐ  ` Ðto€me€after€the€murder,€and€I€had€it€at€the€house.ðð€(R.€662).€€Gail€gave€the€gun€to€the€police€inÏMarch€of€1990,€and€evidence€was€introduced€at€trial€regarding€the€FBIððs€metallurgicalÏexamination€of€the€bullets€that€were€in€the€gun,€finding€them€metallurgical€similar€to€the€bulletsÏused€in€the€homicide.€€The€prosecution€argued€that€this€linked€the€bullets€to€the€murder.€€OnÏcross„examination€at€trial,€Gail€testified€that€Michael€Ô_ÔMordentiÔ_Ô€gave€her€the€gun€while€she€workedÏat€Carlisle€which€was€ð ðfrom€October€of€ðð89€until€April€of€ðð90,€and€it€had€to€have€been€during€thatÏtime.ðð€€Thus,€making€her€receipt€of€the€gun€after€Ms.€Roystonððs€homicide.€€€Ìà  àPreviously€in€ñƒñher€ñƒñMarch€8,€1990,€ñ„ñin€her€ñ„ñsworn€statement,€Gail€indicated€that€she€received€the€gunÏð ðJanuary,€February,€March€[€]€89.ðð€€Gail€had€explained€on€March€8,€1990,€ð ðyeah,€it€was€kind€of€aÏlong€time€ago.ðð€€ñ‰ñThus,€ñ‰ññŠñTñŠññ‹ñtñ‹ñhis€sworn€ñ…ñstatementñ…ññ†ñtestimonyñ†ñ€placed€the€receipt€of€the€gun€before€Thelma€RoystonððsÏñ‡ñmurderñ‡ññˆñdeathñˆñ.€€When€asked€at€trial€in€cross„examination€about€this€prior€Ô_ÔññstañññŽñññeñññŽñññtementññññinconsistentññÔ_ÔÔ_Ôññ€testimonyññ,Ô_Ô€Gail€testified€ð ðIÏdonððt€remember€making€[that€statement],€no.€€I€can€read€it,€but€I€donððt€remember€making€it.ððñŒñ€(R.€689).ñŒñ€Ìà  àIn€2001,€Gail€recanted€her€trial€testimony€and€acknowledged€that€she€did€not€know€whenÏshe€received€the€gun,€before€or€after€the€murder.Ô#†X§UXXX§Uö.#ÔÐ øH Ðà  àBy€the€time€of€the€2001€hearing,€bÔ‡§UXXX§UÔoth€the€lead€prosecutor,€Karen€Cox,€and€the€leadÐ ä4 Ðdefense€attorney,€John€Ô_ÔAttiÔ_Ô,€have€been€suspended€from€the€practicing€of€law€by€the€Florida€Bar.€Ô#†X§UXX§Uˆ6#Ô