State v. Marshall

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

PORITZ, C.J.

Defendant, Robert Marshall, was convicted for conspiracy to commit the murder of his wife, Maria Marshall, and for murder as an accomplice who arranged for the murder-by-hire of Maria Marshall. Following a separate sentencing proceeding, the trial court sentenced defendant to death, as required by the jury’s verdict.

In this second petition for post-conviction relief (PCR), defendant challenges the sentencing portion of his trial and seeks reversal of his death sentence on the ground that the trial court *346delivered erroneous instructions to…