State v. Carter

OPINION

LYNN W. BROWN, Special Judge.

The appellant, James L. Carter, was convicted of the offense of murder in the first degree and sentenced to life in prison. He has appealed from that conviction, alleging the following: 1) that the constitutional provisions against double jeopardy should act to preclude his retrial after a previous trial ended in a mistrial, 2) that the testimony of two witnesses should not have been admitted because the state failed to preserve the testimony of those witnesses from the preliminary hearing, 3) that the evidence was insufficient to convict of murder in the…