Attorney: Marshall indictment unconstitutional

 

Greg Knight

Steve Marshall, seen here during a court hearing last year, is challenging his indictment based on language his attorney says is unconstitutional and biased the Grand Jurors in his case.

If the defense attorney for former Wrangell resident Steve Marshall has his way, his client might see freedom sooner rather than later.

Marshall, 52, was arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 at a residence in the Bloom Trailer Court after police responded to an argument between him and his girlfriend. He was indicted by a grand jury on a number of charges, including sexual assault, and is alleged to have raped, strangled and hit the victim, as well as threatening her with a machete, resulting in a hospitalization at Wrangell Medical Center.

Michael Heiser, Marshall’s Ketchikan-based attorn...



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