State v. Holloway

HEDRICK, Judge.

Defendant, Larry Jones, assigns as error the court’s denial of his plea of “former jeopardy.” At the 7 July 1969 session of Superior Court held in Durham County, the defendants Larry Jones and John Holloway along with Phillip Jones were tried under separate bills of indictment charging them with the murder of William Worsley. At the first trial, defendant. Larry *270Jones was found “guilty of aiding and abetting Phillip Jones or John Holloway in the offense of murder in the second degree.” On appeal, this court awarded all three defendants a new trial when it appeared that the…