Man convicted of massacring 4 people claims defense attorneys were ineffective

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Court TV) — A man on death row for the murders of his wife and three members of her family is fighting for a new trial by claiming his attorneys were ineffective.

Gurpreet Singh (Ohio Department of Corrections)

Gurpreet Singh, 44, was sentenced to death after a panel of three judges found that he killed his wife, Shalinderjit Singh, his father-in-law, Kakiakat Singh Pannag, his mother-in-law, Parmjit Kaur, and his wife’s aunt, Amarjit Kaur.

On Tuesday, Gurpreet Singh’s attorney, Kathryn Sandford, stood before the Ohio Supreme Court, asking the justices to grant the defendant a new trial because his previous attorneys were ineffective…

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