Mr. Ponticelli was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1987 shooting deaths of Nicholas and Ralph Grandinetti. The jury voted 9-3 to recommend a death sentence, and the trial court sentenced him to death. This Court upheld the verdicts and sentences on direct appeal. Ponticelli now appeals a trial court's order denying his motion for postconviction relief and petitions this Court for writ of habeas corpus