United States v. William L. Deloach, Sr.

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant DeLoach and a co-defendant, Harry Jackson, were tried on an indictment charging each with the first degree murder 1 of two individuals, Francis Harper and Brenda Willis, and with carrying an unlicensed pistol. 2 The jury acquitted Jackson of all charges but convicted DeLoach of two counts of second degree murder 3 and of the weapons charge. This appeal proceeds on three theories: that the conduct of closing arguments prejudiced DeLoach’s case, that the trial judge’s instruction to the jury on “aiding and abetting” was unclear, and that the judge erred…