People v. Perry

Opinion

WRIGHT, C. J.

Harry Redmon, David Perry, “Rockey” Dixon, and a person identified as “John Doe” Ott were jointly charged by indictment with murder and with conspiracy to commit murder. Redmon, Perry, and Dixon pleaded not guilty to both counts of the indictment and were jointly tried by jury; “John Doe” Ott had not been apprehended by the time of trial. At the close of the prosecution’s case, the trial court ruled that the principal witness for the prosecution, Diana Moore, was an accomplice as a matter of law and entered a judgment of acquittal on both counts of the indictment as to…