State v. Daniels

BOEHM, Justice.

The State appeals from a grant of postcon-viction relief to defendant Michael William Daniels. The postconvietion court granted summary judgment in favor of Daniels, vacating his sentences of death and 130 years and imposing a sentence of sixty years. On September 16, 1996, this Court issued an order reversing the postconvietion court’s grant of summary judgment for Daniels. This opinion sets forth the reasons for the September 16,1996 order.

Factual and Procedural History

In August 1979, Daniels was sentenced to death following his conviction by a jury of felony murder,…