Marion Superior Court (Retention) - Marshelle Broadwell
What does this office do?
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Housing Affordability,
Marshelle Broadwell
Nonpartisan · Incumbent
Marshelle Broadwell is an incumbent Marion Superior Court judge standing for retention in 2026. She has served on Indiana's Records Access and Management Committee and Youth Justice Oversight Committee and earned a 2025 judicial education certificate.
Track record
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 unfavorable
Judge Marshelle Broadwell denied a mistrial and a new trial after an excluded deposition reached the jury in Rodregus Morgan's murder case, then imposed a 55-year sentence; the Indiana Court of Appeals found an abuse of discretion, reversed, and remanded because the deposition was prejudicial extraneous information.
February 25, 2026Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: public.courts.in.gov