Ben-Yisrayl v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

The defendant-appellant, Christopher D. Peterson, was convicted of two counts of murder1 and two counts of felony murder2 for the intentional killing and robbery of Harchand Dhaliwal (Counts 1 and 2) and Marie Meitzler (Counts 3 and 4).3 In accordance with the jury recommendation, the trial court ordered that a death sentence be imposed.

On December 15, 1990, Marie Meitzler, a Portage, Indiana, motel clerk was killed as the result of a shotgun wound to the neck and $467.00 was missing from the cash register. The next day, Harchand Dhaliwal, an attendant at a nearby gas…