JONESVILLE, N.C. — A North Carolina appeals court has overturned the convictions of a man accused of being the getaway driver in an alleged robbery attempt that led to the slaying of a police officer nearly 25 years ago.
Marc Peterson Oldroyd was driving by when an alleged co-conspirator shot Jonesville Police Sgt. Gregory Keith Martin in 1996.
Oldroyd eventually pleaded guilty in 2014 to second-degree murder, attempted armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. But the court says the crime of robbery requires a specific victim, and Oldroyd’s indictment described them as simply “Huddle House employees.”
It sent the case back to court for a new indictment.
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