In Marshall's case, the 5 - 1 decision upheld a lower court's dismissal of his petition for further review of his 1986 murder conviction. Marshall, an insurance agent from Toms River, was convicted of hiring a man to kill his wife while the couple were going home after an evening of dining and gambling in Atlantic City.
The 5-1 decision in Marshall upheld the dismissal of the petition for more review of the '86 conviction.  He was convicted of getting a hitman to kill his wife while they were going home after being out.