Aaron Walton and Joseph Poore appear in Brown County court, June 6, 2024. (Photo courtesy: Brown County court/Zoom)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – Joseph Poore was convicted Friday for his role in the murder of Robert Marshall. Sentencing is set for Aug. 15.
Poore, 40 pleaded no contest to a reckless homicide count, which was reduced from intentional homicide, for the June 3, 2024 murder. An armed robbery count was also dropped, according to a court document.
Prosecutors and the defense will jointly recommend a 24-year prison term, court records show.
Aaron Walton is also charged in the case. He returns to court July 17 for a plea hearing.
The murder was a dispute about drugs, according to authorities.
According to the criminal complaint, Marshall was beaten and stabbed in a vehicle on Green Bay’s east side. Poore and Walton then took off in the vehicle and left Marshall, who was found dead at the scene.
Walton admitted the two planned to “take money (expletive) back from him” because Marshall owed Walton money.
Marshall was injured when he told him to leave the vehicle. When a detective asked why Poore did it, Walton answered that Poore is “nuts.”
The criminal complaint does not include a statement from Poore.
A knife believed to have been used in the stabbing was found near the Mason Street bridge in Green Bay. Poore and Walton were arrested near Peshtigo.
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