State v. Marshall

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY....................137

II. THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF POST-CONVICTION RELIEF, THE CAPITAL PUNISHMENT ACT, AND HABEAS CORPUS...........................143

III. LEGAL STANDARDS GOVERNING DEFENDANT’S CLAIMS...............................................154

IV. THE MERITS OF DEFENDANT’S PETITION FOR POST-CONVICTION RELIEF...........................159

A ALLEGED ERRORS RELATING TO THE TESTIMONY OF BILLY WAYNE MCKINNON......................................159

1. McKinnon’s Plea Agreement........................159

2. Other Claims Relating to McKinnon’s…